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“Neglect alone would be sufficient excuse for writing about Firmin Gémier,” wrote Raymond Pentzell in a short article for TDR in 1967 (p. 113). Almost half a century later, Pentzell’s statement still holds true: this is only the third chapter dedicated to Gémier to appear in English since then.1 Such neglect seems unthinkable, given Gémier’s astounding career, which began on the margins of established theater, moved to the center with national success, and then, once Gémier died, slipped back into the margins of history.
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Jannarone, K. (2016). Firmin Gémier, The Forgotten Avant-Garde Populist. In: Ferreboeuf, R., Noble, F., Plunkett, T. (eds) Preservation, Radicalism, and the Avant-Garde Canon. Avant-Gardes in Performance. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137474377_6
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