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Page 1 of 11904 · PDF PAGE 101
AU THEATRE DU GRAND GUIGNOL! LE SYSTEME DU DOCTEUR GOUDRON ET DU PRO- FESSEUR PLUME What this system really tmplres. POE! Poe by the gift of the Lord! Poe in his tragedy, Black melodrama, Horrid, overwhelming, Nerve-shattering maniacal effort Dictated by morphia, Poe The American poet Translated by Baudelaire, Stephen Mallarmé, And other people Of singular and perhaps Unique talent (Now joined by André de Lordes) Is a splendid success At the quaint little theatre Of Montmartre. Speed !—I mean Poe! 1 A review on ‘‘ the Soothing System ” in its o…
1904 · PDF PAGE 102
…s in the frosty twilight. It is, however, invisible from the theatre itself, so that we were able to give our undivided attention to the system of Doctor Goudron and Professor Plume, and it is our interpretation alone which has any real value. It will be necessary first to call the attention of the reader to our own system, without some account of which he may find himself embarrassed, even bewildered. Mr George Macdonald in his masterpiece of Hag- gardized Rabbinical tradition, “Lilith” (Off, Lilith !),} has broken the wind of the poor phrase …
1904 · PDF PAGE 105
…n and silent, his eyes glittering with fiendish joy — Baviére, thy poster is superb!—and develops with calm and scientific precision his system to the raving crowd of madmen and madwomen. Peer Gynt! ay! but Peer Gynt with a tang! Peer Gynt vital, real, terrible. What is the system? That is fine; but remember, my friends, that our own system comes first! Charity begins at home and ends in the workhouse: so the new method must absorb our space—ay! and infinite space!—to the exclusion of our unworthy imitators, Doctor Goudron and Professor Plume. …
1904 · PDF PAGE 103
… permitted to inscribe after their names the letters L.A.L. By the New Method, therefore, let us continue our interesting studies of the system of Doctor Goudron and Professor Plume. Laure, the first of three curtain (and hair) raisers, is a charming little drama. An ingénue comes by accident into possession of a letter compromis- ing her mother. Discovered by her father, she saves her mother by accusing herself. The mother, secure once more, bullies and ill-treats the heroic child, so that the curtain falls on her despairing shriek of “ Miséra…