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On tour in Paris, a temperamental diva of indeterminate Slavic provenance meets with a parade of callers. To some—the maid, her dog—she speaks French; with others, including a friendly American gentleman named Mr. Bumstead ("He is kind like he is fat"), she employs heavily accented English. But when her impresario informs her that her favorite leading man will not be allowed to accompany her on an American tour, she displays her displeasure in a mellifluous tirade that variously has been described as Russian, Rumanian, Polish, and Czechoslovakian. It is actually a Slavic-sounding tongue invented by Draper for the purposes of this piece, originally called “Mademoiselle X of the Theatre Français” and composed around 1916.

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Ruth Draper Brooklyn, New York

Ruth Draper was the undisputed queen of the one-woman theater in the 20th century. Throughout nearly forty years as a professional performer, Draper filled theaters all over the world through her unique ability to transform herself into a vast array of characters. Draper composed more than fifty monologues over the course of her career, seventeen of which are available here. ... more

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