Queens of the French StageWilliams, H. Noel (Hugh Noel)
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Queens of the French Stage
Williams, H. Noel (Hugh Noel)
Actresses -- France -- Biography
Saxe, Maurice, Maréchal de, his early life, 169, 170;
comes to Paris, 170;
his character, 170;
becomes the lover of Adrienne Lecouvreur, 171, 172;
her beneficial influence over him, 173;
his candidature for the throne of Courland, 173-176;
returns to Paris, 176, 177;
unjustly accuses Adrienne Lecouvreur of infidelity, 177, 178;
the object of an unrequited passion on the part of the Duchesse de
Bouillon, 179, 180;
present at Adrienne Lecouvreur's death, 191;
unable to prevent the indignity offered to her remains, 194;
invites Favart to accompany him to Flanders, 231;
his entry into Brussels, 232-234;
orders Favart to announce from the stage his intention to engage
the enemy, 236-238;
wins the Battle of Roucoux, 238;
conceives a violent passion for Justine Favart, 240;
his letter to her, 240, 241;
steals Voltaire's verses, 241 and note;
makes Justine his mistress, 242, 243 and note;
discarded by her, 244;
wins the Battle of Lawfeld, 244, 245;
determined to recover his prey, 245;
furious at Justine's escape, 247, 248;
instigates the proprietors of the Brussels Theatre to prosecute
Favart, 249;
compels Justine to return to him, but loses her again, 250, 251;
continues his persecution of her husband, 251, 252;
persuades Justine's father to apply for a _lettre de cachet_
against her, 254;
causes her to be arrested and conveyed to Les Grands-Andelys, 257;
his correspondence with her, 258-262;
compels her to submit to him, 264, 265;
his death, 266 and note;
Marmontel's liberties with his seraglio, 307
Scanapiecq, Marie (mother of Mlle. Clairon), 276-281, 282, 284, 285
Schlegel, August Wilhelm von, (cited) 39, 135
Seine, Mlle., de, 150
Sévigné, Madame de, (cited) 59, 96, 98, 99, 108, 109, 110
Sévigné, Charles de, 107, 108-111
_Sicilien_, Molière's, 49
_Siège de Calais_, De Belloy's, 300, 328-331, 335
Soubise, Prince de, 302
Soulié, Eudore, 9, 15
Sourdis, Marquis de, 211, 212, 218
Sturtz, his letter to Garrick on Mlle. Clairon, 296-299
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Tallemant des Réaux, 16
_Tancrède_, Voltaire's, 301
_Tartuffe_, Molière's, 29, 65, 70, 155
Taschereau, M., 43 note
Théâtre du Marais, its amalgamation with Molière's troupe, 77, 78
Thiériot, 161
Titon du Tillet, (cited) 72, 158
Tourelle (courtesan), personates Mlle. Molière, 80-81
Tribou (singer), 180 note
Turlupin, 4 and note
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Valbelle d'Oraison, Comte de, _amant de cœur_ of Mlle. Clairon, 318, 319;
offers to make her his wife and accompany her to Russia, 320;
has a gold medal struck in her honour, 320;
quarrels with her, 341
Varlet de la Grange, Charles, 73, 75, 76 and note, 78
Vestris, Madame, 171 note
Vigée Lebrun, Madame, (cited) 347
Villars, Duchesse de, patronises Mlle. de Camargo, 207
Villeguillon, M. de, 317
Villepinte, M. de, 322, 351
Villeroi, Duchesse de, 332, 337
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