There's a telling moment in Act 2 when Colas appears at the window of the cottage into which Lise has been locked by her mother, and lifts her up to him for a kiss.
Jonathan Howells's Alain is a sweet, daffy mooncalf, clearly terrified by Lise's insistent femininity, and visibly relieved when Colas assumes the marital responsibilities that might have been his.
"During a time when the cola segment of the soft drink market was struggling to grow, Coke Classic grew a tiny bit," Mr. Sicher said, to 20.3percentt of soft drink sales in 1999 from 20.2percentt in 1993.
When Coca-Cola bought Thums Up, the leading Indian cola, it was planning to kill the brand.
Last year, when Coca-Cola finished atop the Best Global Brands list for the 13th consecutive time, an executive at the Coca-Cola Company acknowledged the streak but noted that "nothing lasts forever".
The recall is not on the same scale as one in 1999, when Coca-Cola products were banned for 10 days in Belgium after 30 schoolchildren became sick after drinking Coca-Cola.
When Coca-Cola speaks, the business community listens".
He remembers old-fashioned television sets and when Coca-Cola bottles cost a few cents.
The conquest was completed in 1017, when the Colas seized the southern province of Ruhuna.
Sometimes those changes prove disastrous, as when Coca-Cola introduced New Coke.
