A Glass of Water (Great Translations for Actors) (original 1840; edition 1995)

by Eugène Scribe (Author), Robert Cornthwaite (Translator)

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Cette comédie met en scène une reine ravissante mais néanmoins idiote, manipulée par une conseillère autoritaire. Alors que l'Angleterre de la reine Anne Stuart est en guerre contre la France, ce sont les rivalités féminines et les imbroglios amoureux qui causent les effets politiques majeurs... Une pièce amusante, pleine de rebondissements !… (more)

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Title:	A Glass of Water (Great Translations for Actors)
Authors:	Eugène Scribe (Author)
Other authors:	Robert Cornthwaite (Translator)
Info:	Smith & Kraus (1995), 89 pages
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Camille and Other Plays: A Peculiar Position; The Glass of Water; La Dame aux Camélias; Olympe's Marriage; A Scrap of Paper by Stephen S. Stanton

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Canonical title

A Glass of Water

Original title

Le Verre d'eau ou Les Effects et les causes

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1840

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London, England, UK

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Friedrich Haase, dem geistvollsten Bolingbroke der deutschen Bühne, in Freundschaft gewidmet.

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Vertrauen Sie mir Ihren Brief, Marquis!

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Zum Leben nicht genug, zuviel zum Sterben.

Allzu scharf macht schartig!

Die arme Herzogin liegt auf der Nase,
Die Whigs versinken, eine Aend'rung naht,
In seinen Fugen kracht der ganze Staat,
Und dieser Sturm entstand aus einem Wasserglase.

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Cette comédie met en scène une reine ravissante mais néanmoins idiote, manipulée par une conseillère autoritaire. Alors que l'Angleterre de la reine Anne Stuart est en guerre contre la France, ce sont les rivalités féminines et les imbroglios amoureux qui causent les effets politiques majeurs... Une pièce amusante, pleine de rebondissements !

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