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He Who Gets Slapped
Leonid Andreyev
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Gentleman
[Surprised]: Count?
Briquet
[Indignantly]: Yes, Count. And whom have I the honour of——
Gentleman
I don't quite know myself—yet. As a rule you choose your own names, don't you? I have not chosen yet. Later you might advise me about it. I have an idea already, but I am afraid it sounds too much like literature—you know.
Briquet
Literature?
Gentleman
Yes! Too sophisticated. [They all look surprised.] I presume these two gentlemen are clowns? I am so glad. May I shake hands with them? [Stands up and shakes hands with clowns, who make silly faces.]
Briquet
Excuse me—but what can I do for you?
Gentleman
[With the same pleasant, confident smile]: Oh. You do something for me? No. I want to do something for . . . Read More
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Community Reviews
Цирк уехал, клоуны остались. И всех убили.
Как-то получилось, что вид клоуна в последнее время не несёт окружающим ничего хорошего. Хотя много людей до сих пор отдают своё внимание, аплодисменты и деньги этому виду искусства. В голове как-то плотно засел кинговский клоун-чудовище-"Оно", его макдаковс
Melodramatic, yet dull.
Leonid Andreyev's play He Who Gets Slapped was made into a great 1924 silent film of the same name by the Swedish director Victor Sjostrom. It was actually better than the play and -- to my mind -- one of the greatest silent drama films of the 1920s.
A struggling genius has his ideas and wife stolen
Strange. Or perhaps just an old, bad translation.