Brichanteau, Actor (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Brichanteau, Actor<br><br>Life on the stage is the never-ending race for the Chimera.<br><br>I dedicate this book, in which I have set down, with so many souvenirs from my own experience, many confidences of the vanquished in the dramatic art, to the artists of the Comdie-Franaise, those glorious actors who have been my collaborators during more than ten years of my life.<br><br>More fortunate than the wanderer whose joyous or illusory adventures I have related, they have not lived that haphazard life. They know these distresses that they may alleviate them. Being the privileged ones of the art, they have more pity than any one else for its castaways.<br><br>I trust that they will find in these sincere pages some truth which may remind them of comrades left behind them on the road in the great journey toward glory; and, surely, a full expression of the sympathy of a man of letters who, as director or dramatic author, has always loved those who have battled with him - or for him.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.