Reviews — The New York Times

From the New York Times - December 12, 1886

TALK OF THE DAY IN PARIS
GOBLET’S HARD TASK AND THE
NEW PLAY BY SARDOU
BOULANGER COMING TO THE TOP - THE
POINT HE HAS CARRIED - SARDOU
TALKS ABOUT HIS PIECE.
[LE CROCODILE]

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     “Oh , by the way,” added Sardou, as he was shaking hands, “I forgot to tell you that M. Massenet is providing music to accompany the new work. French pieces have always lacked the support of music, and this, at least, we borrow from your own, ‘Macbeth’ and ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream.’ There the piracy begins and ends. Au revoir.”

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