Bastille
About Bastille
The Bastille was a medieval fortress in Paris, known as the Bastille Saint-Antoine. It played an important role in the internal conflicts of France and for most of its history was used as a state prison by the kings of France. It was stormed by a crowd on 14 July 1789, in the French Revolution, becoming an important symbol for the French Republican movement. It was later demolished and replaced by the Place de la Bastille.
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Louis XVI banned performances of the play which the opera was based on. He said, for this play not to be a danger, the Bastille would have to be torn down first. Then everyone went, oh, that's an idea.
from 307: No Such Thing As EastEnders, The Opera, 2020-02-07 at 00:06:09 · read transcript
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He's had to leave his three kids in Paris, Blaise and then Jacqueline and Gilbert, and Jacqueline turns out to be such a talented playwright and actress at the age of 10 or something, that she performs for Cardinal Richelieu, and he's so charmed by her that she goes up to him afterwards and says, oh, I hope you like that. By the way, would you mind forgiving my dad not putting him in prison in the Bastille, not cutting his head off and giving him a good position instead?
550: No Such Thing as an Ice Cream at Stonehenge, 2024-09-26 · listen
It was a really good gig, and it was in Normandy, and he was actually managing the taxes of the whole area. but he had fallen from grace massively and come back into the grace of the French authorities not because of Blaze Pascal but because of Blaze's sister so basically Etienne's there he's pissed off Richelieu who's the French Prime Minister and he's basically been exiled so he's had to leave his three kids in Paris, Blaze and then Jacqueline and Gilbert and Jacqueline turns out to be such a talented playwright and actress at the age of 10 or something that she performs for Cardinal Richelier and he's so charmed by her that she goes up to him afterwards and says, oh, I hope you like that. By the way, would you mind forgiving my dad not putting him in prison in the Bastille, not cutting his head off and giving him a good position instead?
No Such Thing as an Ice Cream at Stonehenge, 2024-09-26 · listen
So here we go. This is something that didn't make it to the album. Hello, no such thing as a fish. It's Dan Smith here from a band called Bastille. I wanted to send you an exclusive outtake from my contribution to Is This What We Want, the album from this year. This is my favourite bit, and I was pretty gutted that it didn't make the cut. I'm just really happy to have the opportunity to share it with you now.
No Such Thing As Sheep Number Five, 2025-12-25 · listen
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