Later Queens of the French StageWilliams, H. Noel (Hugh Noel)
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Later Queens of the French Stage
Williams, H. Noel (Hugh Noel)
Actresses -- France -- Biography
Duval, Alexandre, his quarrel with Mlle. Contat, 251
Dugazon, Gustave (son of Madame Dugazon), 22, 121 and note
Dugazon, Louis (actor), marries Louise Lefèvre, 199;
his singular character, 200;
insults Marie Antoinette at an Opera-ball, 201;
quarrels with his wife, 202;
forces M. de Cazes to surrender his wife’s letters, 202, 203;
canes him at the Comédie-Italienne, 203, 204;
his affray with the Marquis de Langeac, 205;
resigns himself to his wife’s infidelity, 205;
his conduct during the Revolution, 219 note;
his death, 219 note
Dugazon, Madame, birth and parentage, 197;
makes her _début_ at the Comédie-Italienne, 197;
attracts the attention of Grétry, 197;
receives lessons from Justine Favart, 198;
her gratitude to her, 198;
her success in _Sylvain_, 198;
other successes, 198;
idolised by the public, 199;
surrounded by adorers, 199;
marries Dugazon, of the Comédie-Française, 199;
quarrels with her husband, 201, 202;
her _liaison_ with M. de Cazes, 202-204;
with the Marquis de Langeac, 204, 205;
with the financier Boudreau, 205;
and with Garat, 206;
her talent, 207;
greater as an actress than a singer, 208;
her success in _Blaise et Babet_, 209;
in _Alexis et Justine_, 210;
and in _Le Dot_, 210, 211;
her brilliant triumph in _Nina, ou la Folle par amour_, 211-214;
receives a magnificent reception at Lyons, 214, 215;
goes to England, 215, 216;
returns to the Comédie-Italienne, 216;
abandons juvenile heroines for young matrons, 216;
her amiable qualities, 216, 217;
her generosity, 217, 218;
a Royalist to the core, 218, 219;
incident during a performance of
_Les Événements imprévus_, in 1792, 219, 220;
retires temporarily from the Comédie-Italienne, 220;
returns to the stage, 220;
her joy at the Restoration, 220;
her audience of Louis XVIII. at Saint-Ouen, 221;
her affection for her son Gustave, 221;
her death, 221
E
Edwards, Mr. Sutherland (cited), 37 note, 145
_Électre_, Lemoine’s, 285
Elliot, Mrs., 219
_Embarrass des richesses, l’_, Madame
Saint-Huberty’s success in, 288 and note;
its ridiculous libretto, 288, 289
_Énée et Lavinie_, Sophie Arnould’s appearance in, 15, 16
_Espion Anglais, l’_, (cited) 20
_Euthyme et Lyris_, Sophie Arnould’s appearance in, 75
Étioles, Alexandrine d’, 10
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_Fausse Lord, le_, incident during a performance of, 302 note
Favart, Charles Simon (cited), 37 note
Favart, Justine, gives lessons to Madame Dugazon, 190
Fleury, not indifferent to the charms of Mlle. Contat, 245;
attempts to pacify her creditors, 245;
always her faithful and devoted friend, 246;
his masterly impersonation of Frederick the
Great in _Les Deux Pages_, 249 and note;
arrested and imprisoned in the Madelonettes, 184;
saved by Labussière, 184-186;
plays with Mlle. Contat at Bordeaux, 254;
(cited), 134, 158, 182, 184, 225, 227, 236, 237, 238, 249 note, 259-261
Fontenelle, 4, 15 and note
Forbes, Lord, 25
Fouché, 337
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