Alexandre Dumas, fils

The Lady of the Camellias () is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils, first published in 1848, that was subsequently adapted for the stage . The Lady of the Camellias premiered at the Theatre du Vaudeville in Paris, France on February 2, 1852.

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...by the characters. The earliest forms of the problem play are to be found in the work of French writers such as Alexandre Dumas, fils, who dealt with the subject of prostitution in The Lady of the Camellias (1852). Other French...

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...or http://www.studiotheatre.org. The Washington Shakespeare Company is proving that "The Lady of Camellias" by Alexandre Dumas fils lends itself perfectly to drag comedy with the updated "Camille." There will be two chances to catch...

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...show now vamping at the Clark Street Playhouse. This "Camille: A Tearjerker" is Charles Ludlam's 1973 drag travesty of the Dumas fils classic, and director Christopher Henley adds an updated dance club vibe and major lip-syncing...

In this article: Camille, Charles Ludlam, Stormy Weather, Judy Garland, Shakespeare Company, What Now My Love, and Cough

...died in poverty. He did, however, leave a son, Alexandre Dumas, pere, author of 'The Three Musketeers' and father of Alexandre Dumas, fils. Jean-Baptiste Belley (c1746-1805) A Senegal-born slave taken to Saint-Domingue (later...

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...magnet, pulling all the nails from the surrounding houses. A convocation of creative types - the writers Maupassant and Dumas fils, the composer Gounod, the architect Garnier, the artists Meissonier and Bouguereau - published an...

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...Francis Burton and John Hanning Speke fails to take place, owing to Speke's suicide (or accidental shooting). Alexandre Dumas, fils marries Nadejda Naryschkine. His father, Alexandre Dumas, pere, returns to Paris from Italy. John...

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...those women existed on the fringes of the "World" (in the sense of fashionable society). It derives from a comedy by Alexandre Dumas fils published in 1855 called Le Demi-Monde. Possibly the most famous portrayal of the demimonde, albeit...

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...Pardee, cursing up a storm. It is fitting, though. In the Signet Classic edition of "Camille," Dumas himself describes Armand's shock when he sees Marguerite "drinking, talking like a porter, and laughing the more loudly the more...

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...extra in this theater to be thankful for: The baton at Round House seems to have been passed with care. Camille, by Alexandre Dumas fils, adapted by Neil Bartlett. Directed by Blake Robison. Set, James Kronzer; costumes, Rosemary Pardee;...

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