ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CLAQUE
From French, from claquer to clap, of imitative origin.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLAQUE»
Discover the use of
claque in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
claque and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
126 UMBR(a) spectator can indeed relax, since even her feelings against the
claque are taken care of by the claque. One may frown at Villiers' inveterate
contempt for the crowd and its inability to make up its own mind or form its own
judgment ...
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Dickens's Dictionary of Paris
Claque, la.— The Claque, as ap-' plied to theatres in Paris, means a band of men
who have been hired to applaud a play and the actors. To fix a date; in round
numbers, the Claque may be said to have become established about the year ...
3
Disposable Lighters from the People's Republic of China
lighters could compete at retail with flint lighten, if the manufacturer imprinted
designer wrapt or logos to entice customers to pay a somewhat higher price.
DOC Position Although Cli-Claque'i card lighters are not currently sold at retail
but are ...
United States International Trade Commission, 1995
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A Victor Hugo Encyclopedia
He always refused "la claque." What was to be their task? Simply to applaud
vigorously, hence the term La claque (applaud). The dictionary meaning of this
term is "a group of persons paid to applaud at the opera or theatre." Vacquerie
and ...
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The Wide World Magazine
Our own Paris representative investigates the famous " claque," or Paris system
of paid professional applause. The "chef de claque" as a capitalist, financing
managers! The whole history of an astonishing profession revealed for the first
time ...
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Victor Hugo and the Romantic Drama
reception has already been mentioned: the claque. Claquer in eighteenth-
century French, meant to clap over-enthusiastically, a task undertaken by the
officially sanctioned members of a group of spectators, also known as the '
Knights of the ...
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Theatre in Balzac's La Comédie Humaine
LA COMEDIE HUMAISE type of treachery on the part of the claque of which
Coralie and Lucien are the victims and seems to indicate that while treachery and
double-dealing may not have been entirely typical of the claque, it did
nevertheless ...
Linzy Erika Dickinson, 2000
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The Theatre Industry in Nineteenth-Century France
to deal with the problem by administrative action, though in the excitement of the
World Exhibition of 1878 it was found possible to dispense with the claque at the
Opera and the Comedic-Francaise at least so long as the city was thronged with
...
Frederic William John Hemmings, 2006
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Music Drama at the Paris Odéon, 18241828
by the claque. Although she was technically in the wrong, and in breach of the
law, the audience at the Odéon recognized the difficulties created by the claque.
94 Less than a month later, the audience had taken the matter into their own
hands ...
The claque in France is supposed to have begun in 1820, when a certain M.
Sauton opened an office for the hiring of claques. He called his business "L'
Assurance des Succes Dramatiques." In the next thirty years the claque
developed into ...
George Whitney Martin, 2008
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLAQUE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
claque is used in the context of the following news items.
Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell review – hits the mark, despite …
... come from a prearranged, European-style claque. This grandest of red-plush auditoriums, for several minutes, became a loutish playground. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
This week's new theatre
... a country residence for a local inn – remotely funny that a claque was organised to lead the laughter at the 1773 Covent Garden premiere. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Bromsgrove School head Peter Clague facing assault claims
Mr Claque is due to move from New Zealand to take up his role as head of Bromsgrove School in Worcestershire on September 1. He is facing a private ... «Bromsgrove Advertiser, Jul 15»
Dans la peau d'un numéro 1000 mondial
Grand, doté d'un service qui claque et d'une volée tranchante, Antoine Bellier a tout pour réussir un jour à Wimbledon. Mais pour ce jeune ... «Le Temps, Jul 15»
Singapore wooing is Tony Abbott's triumph
It is the narrow, provincial, utterly unworldly and unsophisticated claque of faux-Panglossians in the Australian commentariat who simply have ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
Photos: Canada Day brings out the revelers throughout Winnipeg
... in @assiniboinepark with @Folklorama Pavilion Ambassadors! pic.twitter.com/2x7D0EaKJe. — Ça Claque (@CaClaque01) July 1, 2015 ... «MetroNews Canada, Jul 15»
School head facing assault claims
Mr Claque is due to move from New Zealand to take up his role as head of Bromsgrove School in Worcestershire on September 1. He is facing ... «Bromsgrove Advertiser, Jul 15»
absurd finger-pointing not helpful
One way for Indonesians to recover the moral high ground is to shift the talk to boatpeople, where a big claque in the Australian media will ... «The Australian, Jun 15»
Piers Akerman: Grubby excuses cannot erase the ABC's shame
... for this monstrous broadcast, did he think his audience was as stupid as the dumbed down claque which cheered the ABC's special guest? «The Daily Telegraph, Jun 15»
Ramirez: The Mexican Band takes the stage
Applause was light, despite Señor Esteban, our one-man claque, who'd scored a seat right down in front. But no, we weren't done just yet. «Fond du Lac Reporter, Jun 15»
