_Amours de Bastien et Bastienne_, Justine Favart's performance in, 268 _Amphitryon_, Molière's, 49, 155 _Andromaque_, Racine's, 11 note, 93 Anne of Austria, Queen of France, 27 Anne Ivanovna, Duchess of Courland, 173, 174, 175 Anspach, Margrave of, his character and personal appearance, 340, 341; falls in love with Mlle. Clairon and invites her to Anspach, 341; "the sweetest and kindest of beings," 342; discards Mlle. Clairon for Lady Craven, 344-346 Anspach, Margravine of, 340, 341, 344, 345, 346. _Antiochus et Cléopatre_, Deschamps', 154 Argental, d', 164-168, 169, 193 note _Ariane_, Mlle. de Champmeslé's performance in, 99. Arles, Council of, excludes the actor from the Sacraments, 66, 67 _Attila_, Pierre Corneille's, 26, 97 note Aubry, Sebastian, 13 Augustus II., Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, 169, 170, 174, 176 Aunillon, Abbé, 179. _Avare_, Molière's, 78 B Bachaumont, (cited) 293 note, 328, 335 note, 337 note _Bajazet_, 98, 337. Balicourt, Mlle., 228 and note Barbier, (cited) 161, 213, 301 Barbier d'Aucour, 102 Bauffremont, Marquis de, 318 Baron, Michel, 56-58, 63, 75, 94, 147, 151, 152, 159 Bayle, 8, 41 Bazin, 9, 44 Beaumarchais, 325 Beaumenard, Mlle., mistress of Maurice de Saxe, 239, 243 note Beffara, 9, 15, 211 note Béjart, Armande, her marriage with Molière, 3; controversy concerning her parentage, 7-20; accompanies the Illustre Théâtre to the provinces, 20; her education, 21; her personal appearance, 22-25; her gifts as an actress, 25, 26; her _début_, 27; plays before the Court in the _Impromptu de Versailles_, 27; and during _Les Plaisirs de l'Ile enchantée_, 27-29; bears Molière a son, 27; her rendering of the part of Célimène in the _Misanthrope_, 29-31; other performances by her, 31, 32; her moral conduct considered, 32-40; charges brought against her in _La Fameuse Comédienne_, 40-48; temporarily separated from her husband, 48-54; her supposed _liaison_ with Baron, 56-58; her platonic friendship with Pierre Corneille, 58, 59; birth of her second son, 60; endeavours to dissuade Molière from playing in the _Malade imaginaire_, 62; goes to find a priest to administer the last Sacraments to her husband, 63; her appeal to the Archbishop of Paris, 63, 64; her interview with Louis XIV. at Saint-Germain, 64; throws money among the crowd on the day of Molière's funeral, 71; causes a fire to be lighted on his grave, 72; conclusion as to her moral conduct, 72, 73; resumes her place in the company three days after her husband's death, 74 and note; secures the Théâtre Guénégaud, 77, 78; her adventure with Président Lescot, 79-82; libelled by Guichard, 82 and note; marries Guérin d'Estriché, 83, 84; her later years, 84, 85 Béjart, Bénigne Madeleine, 10, 19 Béjart, Geneviève, 7, 15 Béjart, Joseph _pére_, 3, 7, 9, 10 Béjart, Joseph _fils_, 4, 10, 15, 75 Béjart, Louis, 15