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René François Artois is a fictional character, the main character in the BBC sitcom '''Allo 'Allo!'', which ran from 1982 to 1992. The character was played by the actor Gorden Kaye.〔(BBC – Comedy – 'Allo 'Allo! )〕 In the 2009 stage production of 'Allo 'Allo! the part was played by Jeffrey Holland. The character is loosely based on Albert Foiret, the café owner at the centre of the action in an earlier BBC drama series, ''Secret Army''. ==Personality== Artois (usually referred to as René, but codenamed Nighthawk by the ''Résistance'') is the owner of the Café René in the occupied French town of Nouvion, during World War II. He leads an extremely complex life, where the day to day problems of the ongoing war and his home life bring numerous consequences. During one episode, in which René Artois was alleging to his own fictitious twin brother (also called René), he claimed he was originally from Nancy and that he and his brother "were both Nancy boys" (a double entendre referring to Lieutenant Gruber's implied homosexuality). Café René is regularly frequented by the German forces. René has to be polite to them (as they are winning the war); but also has to be careful not to be seen as a collaborator. The fact that the café's cabaret is performed by his tone-deaf wife, Madame Edith, goes some way towards protecting his claim that he remains impartial as possible. Actually, René's waitresses, Yvette and Maria, are responsible for entertaining the Germans upstairs with the flying helmet, egg whisk and wet celery. The local commandant, Colonel Von Strohm, and his assistant Captain Hans Geering are two of the most frequent visitors to the café. In a war where money means very little; René trades the girls' services for wartime luxuries such as butter, sugar, paraffin and gasoline. René has also been forced by the local pro-Charles de Gaulle ''Résistance'' to hide shot-down British airmen, and help them escape to England. The leader of the ''Résistance'', Michelle Dubois, is responsible for devising the plans to help the airmen escape; but also for ammunition convoy hijacks and bombing railway lines. René, his wife, and his staff are therefore forced to help in any way necessary to achieve this; but also to man the ''Résistance''s secret radio, which is hidden under René's mother-in-law's bed. Meanwhile, the Colonel has uncovered some very valuable local artefacts, which he is hoping to sell after the war. As the Gestapo are also looking for these items (silver, a cuckoo clock and ''The Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies''), René is forced into hiding the painting in his café on behalf of the Colonel. When the Colonel finds out about René helping British airmen to escape, he threatens to have René shot; in which case, René responds by saying that he will tell the Gestapo the whereabouts of the paintings. Naturally, this brings about an agreement between the Colonel and René, who each turn a blind-eye to the dodgy activities of the other. One more complication is that René has to spend almost the entire series posing as his own twin brother after he was ordered to be executed by General von Klinkerhoffen in an early episode. Von Strohm had the execution detail's bullets swapped for blanks, but to keep up the pretence René had to spend the rest of his life pretending to be his brother, who also happened to be called René. Despite being a middle-aged man, René seems to be a magnet of attraction for quite a few of the local women. He is secretly trying to keep his love affair with his waitress Yvette secret from his wife; and his affair with his other waitress Maria, a secret from Yvette. The character of René is portrayed as a coward who is trying to save his own skin. The elaborate plots formed by the ''Résistance'', often bring about talk of him quitting the ''Résistance''. The thought of wearing disguises and sneaking around the local occupied château is something which René does not look forward to, and often refuses to do so. For this, René is often rebuked by his wife or Michelle and more often than not is forced to carry out the work of the ''Résistance'' anyway. Whilst on the other side of the fence, René is constantly being interrogated by the Colonel, the General or the Gestapo. This is usually for links to the painting or increased ''Résistance'' activity. When it came to the crunch, René would always try and escape or go into hiding before he was arrested for interrogation. Despite all this René is constantly referred to as "the bravest man in all France" by everyone else. When it comes to René's love life, it is a different matter. Although he is often caught in the arms of another woman by his wife; he responds to his wife with the line "You stupid woman!" This would be followed by a convoluted explanation, which Edith would always believe. Similarly, he often speaks to his mother-in-law with the line "Shut up, you silly old bat!" 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「René Artois」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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