He who gets slapped

a play in four acts

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He who gets slapped

a play in four acts

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Paul Beaumont is a scientist who labored for years alone to prove his radical theories on the origin of mankind. Baron Regnard becomes his patron, enabling him to do research while living in his mansion. One day, Beaumont announces to his beloved wife Marie and the baron that he has proved all his theories and is ready to present them before the Academy of the Sciences. He leaves the arrangements to the baron. However, after Beaumont goes to sleep, Marie steals his key, opens the safe containing his papers, and gives them to the baron. It is clear that Marie and the baron are lovers. On the appointed day, Paul travels to the Academy with the baron. He is aghast when the baron, instead of introducing him, takes credit for Paul's work himself. After he recovers from the shock, Paul confronts him in front of everyone, but the baron tells them that Paul is merely his assistant and slaps him. All of the academicians laugh at his humiliation. Paul later seeks comfort from his wife, but she brazenly admits she and the baron are having an affair and calls him a clown. Paul leaves them. Five years pass by. Paul is now a clown calling himself "He who gets slapped", the star attraction of a small circus near Paris. His act consists of him getting slapped every evening by other clowns. - Wikipedia.

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Greenwood Press
Language
English
Pages
193

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Edition Notes

Translation of Tot, kto poluchaet poshchechiny.
Reprint of the 1922 ed. published by Brentano's, New York.

Published in
Westport, Conn

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
891.7/2/3
Library of Congress
PG3452.T66 E5 1975, PG3452

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 193 p. :
Number of pages
193

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL5052616M
Internet Archive
hewhogetsslapped0000andr
ISBN 10
0837177960
LCCN
74014348
OCLC/WorldCat
1370859
Goodreads
1647706

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