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Andromaque: Act V, scenes 4 and 5 [in two parts]

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French
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French
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France
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
A “sociétaire de la Comédie Française” and an unnamed actor dramatize these scenes from Racine’s play.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Phonograph record is the 10-inch, 78 rpm, monophonic lacquer Selmer disc, cat. no. SC17. (Clarence E. Parmenter Collection) WAVE file is now converted to an MP3.
Contributor: 
Escande, Maurice

Athalie: two scenes from Act II

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France
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Mme Segond-Weber (identified as belonging to the Comédie Française).dramatizes two monologues from the play: 1) Scene 5: “Un songe...(Me devrais-je inquiéter d’un songe?)” and 2) Scene 7: “Comment vous nommez-vous?”
Collection Technical Notes: 
Phonograph record is a La Voix de Son Maître disc, No. SL 181. (Clarence E. Parmenter Collection)
Contributor: 
Segond-Weber, (Mme) [?]

Athalie: act II, scene 7: “Comment vous nommez-vous?”

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Collection Technical Notes: 
7/25/88 Phonograph record is a La Voix de Son Maître disc, SL 181B. Note: spelling of “Korène” is not certain. (Clarence E. Parmenter Collection)
Contributor: 
Segond-Weber, [?]; Berthe Bovy and Véra Korène

Jean Ricardou: naissance d'une fiction: La prise de Constantinople

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French
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France
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Ricardou, speaking in French, addresses a University of Chicago audience on the subject of his novel, La prise de Constantinople;(3 November 1971).
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Contributor: 
Ricardou, Jean

Un vieux lapin

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France
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Phonograph record is Side A of a Disque pour Gramophone disc, No. W 109. (Clarence E. Parmenter Collection)
Contributor: 
Gémier, [?]

Knock: two scenes from act II

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French
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France
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Three actors recreate: “Scène de la dame en noir” and “Scène du tambour de ville”.
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Contributor: 
Jouvet, Louis; Romain Bouquet, and Iza Reyner

Pierre de Ronsard: Two sonnets

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France
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Professional actor recites two classic Ronsard poems.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Phonograph record is Side B of a Florilège disc, HP 1206 with the matrix number FL 68-1. (Clarence E. Parmenter Collection). Unreviewed). WAVE File is now converted to an MP3.
Contributor: 
Dullin, Charles

Chantecler; Chanteclerc [sic]: Fragment (E. Rostand)

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French
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French
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French
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France
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Native speaker (male),“Sociétaire de la Comédie-Française”, recites an excerpt from this play. (A woman's voice is heard at intervals saying "Chantecler".)
Collection Technical Notes: 
Phonograph record is Side B of the 12-inch, 78 rpm, monophonic lacquer Odéon disc, cat. no. 171 047. (Clarence E. Parmenter Collection)
Contributor: 
Monteaux, Roger

Cyrano de Bergerac: “La lettre de Christian”

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French
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French
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France
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Two male actors and one female actor perform this scene from the play.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Phonograph record is Side A of the 10-inch, 78 rpm, monophonic lacquer Decca disc, cat. no. G-20573 B with the matrix number: Ki 4569-2. It is an American re-issue--on the Decca label--of an Odéon-Parlophone recording made in Europe. (Clarence E. Parmenter collection) WAVE file is now converted to an MP3.
Contributor: 
Monteaux, Roger; Mary Morgan and Jacques Marey

Cyrano de Bergerac: Scène du balcon (fragment)

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France
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
A male and a female actor perform a scene from the play.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Phonograph record is the 12-inch, 78 rpm, monophonic lacquer Decca disc, cat. no. G-25882 B; the matrix number of this side is XXP 69321. It is an American re-issue of the recording under the label Odéon, No. 171.090 (q.v.). (Clarence E. Parmenter Collection) WAVE File is now converted to an MP3.
Contributor: 
Monteaux, Roger; and (Mlle.) [?] Clairvanne