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The Arrest
Lucienne Hill
Catch As Catch Can
by Lucienne Hill
Synopsis
France's revolving-door regimes are here ironized by Anouilh, beginning with a subsequent arrival of Napoleon to Paris as Louis XVIII escapes.
Midway, Napoleon is ousted and Louis XVIII returns.
A while later, Louis bids goodbye for the last time and Napoleon again reappears, this time to begin the journey into exile.
Two men figure in both regimes: the scoundrel chief of police and idealistic lieutenant (the policeman's illegitimate son, he learns) who would die as well as kill for the Emperor.
The work is fraught with historical insights, and with witty political casuistry.
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Publisher Samuel French
Catch As Catch Can is a play written by Lucienne Hill and published by Samuel French .
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