CERCLE FRANCAIS MAKES PLANS FOR PRODUCTIONS

The Cercle Francais yesterday afternoon announced that it would produce one three act plays and three one act plays at the Fine Arts Theatre in Boston on the evenings of December 27, 28, and 30. This presentation of more than one play by the organization is a radical departure from the custom of the past, when two performances of only one play have been given.

The repertoire of this year is composed of: "Le Depute de Bombignac," a light comedy written by Alexander Bisson about 1890; and the three short plays: "Jean Marie" by Andre Theuriet, "Les Deux Timides" by Labiche in 1850, and "Le Bonhomme Jadis" by Henry Murger in 1830. The case has not been announced definitely, but on the stage, two months hence, patronizers of the Cercle will see many old faces, such as the Misses Berta and Gloria Bragglotti, Miss Ethel Thayer, J. D. Lodge '25, J. R. Robinson '25, Hendt de Castellane '25, H. F. Potter '24, and A. T. Merian '25.

Play Deals With Gay Count

The three act play "Le Depute de Bombignac" will be presented at the Tuesday matinee and on Friday evening. It is the portrayal of a gay Count who, tired of married life in his casle, seeks Paris, and return home, after a short fling, only to find himself in serious straits, domestically and politically.

The Count de Chantelaur's mind has become stagnant and weary of his quiet married life in his castle, and he dreams longingly of those bachelor days,-society, the races, and the club. A friend suggests that he get himself elected to the national legislature. This thought appealed to the Count, but he shied at the idea of the cares and troubles of the political campaign.

Lets His Secretary Run for Him

In as much as the district in which he was going to run for election was not the game as the one in which he lived he duped his household by having his secretary run for the office in his name, while he himself went to Paris. Al went well, the Count in Paris,-the secretary at the elections,-until the latter discovered that election on the Royalist ticket from this district was utterly impossible. Intent only on securing for his employer a position which would take him permanently to Paris, he immediately espoused the Republican cause. he gained the election. No one had suspected that he was not the real Count. In truth he had gained the love of a young lady largely because of his eminent position.

The Count Finds Himself a Bourgeois

The Count returned to his manor to find himself an exponent of the Bourgeois and not the king's trusted servant. Greatly enraged though he was, he could only resign his commission and try to hush the matter. His wife takes his hard. Pinteau, however, is not so fortunate. His bride-to-be refused to marry him, when she learned that he was not the Count. Thus, the Count did not get to Paris for long, and his secretary lost a bride.

"Jean Marie" is a tragedy, very much like Ternyson's "Enoch Arden", "Los Deux Timides" or "The Two Bashful Ores" is a comedy whose characters are a villain, a bashful father, a loving daughter and a bashful lover. It ends happily, "Le Bonhomme Jadis" tells how old Jalis again becomes young in the love of a young couple. These three plays will b e presented once, at the Wednesday matinee.