Queens Of The French Stage

Author : Hugh Noel Williams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Later Queens of the French Stage written by Hugh Noel Williams and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers with a taste for theatrical history will find this no less amusing than a novel. Through the biographies of these now forgotten yet acclaimed in their time actresses, presents a view of aspects of the society of eighteenth century France, particularly the court and its interactions with the theatrical world.

Author : H. NOEL. WILLIAMS
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781033635575
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book QUEENS OF THE FRENCH STAGE written by H. NOEL. WILLIAMS and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : H Noel Williams
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781498062091
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Queens of the French Stage written by H Noel Williams and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03-30 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1905 Edition.

Author : Hugh Noel Williams
Publisher : London Harper 1905.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 404 pages
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Download or read book Queens of the French Stage written by Hugh Noel Williams and published by London Harper 1905.. This book was released on 1905 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Williams H Noel (Hugh Noel)
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781020895807
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Queens of the French Stage written by Williams H Noel (Hugh Noel) and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the early years of the 16th century to the close of the 19th, French theatre was marked by the reign of women of genius. 'Queens of the French Stage' explores the lives and careers of these great actresses, from Mlle. Beauval to Mlle. Bernhardt. With fascinating insights into the politics and power struggles of the French theatre world, this book offers a unique perspective on a rich cultural history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Hugh Noel Williams
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1465545182
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Queens of the French Stage written by Hugh Noel Williams and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FEW women in French history have been the subject of more discussion than the young girl whom Molière married, at the church of Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois, on February 20, 1662. Armande Grésinde Claire Elisabeth Béjart, for that was the bride's name, is described in the marriage deed as the daughter of the late Joseph Béjart, écuyer, sieur de Belleville, and of his widow, Marie Hervé. Joseph Béjart, it should be stated, had died shortly before, or shortly after, Armande's birth. The Béjarts were very poor, for the only means which Joseph seems to have possessed wherewith to maintain his pretensions to nobility were derived from a small government appointment (huissier ordinaire du roy ès eaux et forêts de France), and his wife had presented him with "at least eleven children." They lived in the Marais, then the theatrical quarter of Paris. On its northern outskirts, near the Halles, in the Rue Mauconseil, stood the old Hôtel de Bourgogne, the first home of the regular drama; in the centre, in the Rue Vieille-du-Temple, was the theatre which took its name from the quarter, the Théâtre du Marais, where Corneille's Cid was first performed; while nearer the Seine, the playgoer could make choice between the Italian troupes, the Trois Farceurs, Gaultier-Garguille, Gros-Guillaume, and Turlupin, and open-air entertainments on the Pont-au-Change, the Pont-Neuf, and the Place Dauphine. It is, therefore, not surprising that the little Béjarts should have been in the habit of varying the monotony of their poverty-stricken lives by occasional visits to one or other of these spectacles, or that, dazzled by those well-known attractions, which were doubtless as potent in the seventeenth century as they are to-day, the two eldest, Joseph and Madeleine, should have decided, while still very young, to make the stage their profession. What theatre witnessed their débuts we do not know. The majority of authors are of opinion that they joined a company of strolling players which was at this time exploiting Languedoc; M. Larroumet hesitates between one of the unlicensed playhouses of the fairs in the neighbourhood of Paris and a troupe of amateurs, several of which were to be found in the capital; while another of Madeleine's biographers, M. Henri Chardon, thinks that she obtained admission to the Théâtre du Marais, though it appears very improbable that a young and inexperienced actress could have met with such good fortune. However that may be, Madeleine seems to have prospered in her profession from the very outset, as on January 10, 1636, supported by her curateur, one Simon Courtin, her father, a paternal uncle, a "chef du gobelet du roi," and divers other relatives and friends, she appears before the Civil Lieutenant of Paris to request permission to contract a loan of 2000 livres, wherewith to supplement a like sum of her own and enable her to acquire a little house and garden situated in the Cul-de-Sac Thorigny.

Author : H. Noel Williams
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330720097
Total Pages : 398 pages
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Download or read book Queens of the French Stage (Classic Reprint) written by H. Noel Williams and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-04 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Queens of the French Stage Few women in French history have been the subject of more discussion than the young girl whom Moliere married, at the church of Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois, on February 20, 1662. Armande Gresinde Claire Elisabeth Bejart, for that was the bride's name, is described in the marriage deed as the daughter of the late Joseph Bejart, ecuyer, sieur de Belleville, and of his widow, Marie Herve. Joseph Bejart, it should be stated, had died shortly before, or shortly after, Armande's birth. The Bejarts were very poor, for the only means which Joseph seems to have possessed wherewith to maintain his pretensions to nobility were derived from a small government appointment (huissier ordinaire du roy es eaux et forets de France), and his wife had presented him with "at least eleven children." They lived in the Marais, then the theatrical quarter of Paris. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Author : H. Noel Williams
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781974141784
Total Pages : 320 pages
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Download or read book Queens of the French Stage and Later Queens of the French Stage written by H. Noel Williams and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-02 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

Author : Hugh Noel Williams
Publisher : London Harper 1905.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 404 pages
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Download or read book Queens of the French Stage written by Hugh Noel Williams and published by London Harper 1905.. This book was released on 1905 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : H. Noel Williams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781331904519
Total Pages : 400 pages
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Download or read book Later Queens of the French Stage (Classic Reprint) written by H. Noel Williams and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-26 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Later Queens of the French Stage In her unpublished Memoires, which she began, but never completed, and only a few pages of which - possibly all that she wrote - have been preserved, Sophie Arnould tells us that she was born in 1745, "in the same alcove in which Admiral Coligny had been assassinated two hundred years before." As a matter of fact, the celebrated singer was born on February 14, 1745, and it was not until some years after her birth that her parents removed to the Hotel de Ponthieu, Rue Bethisy, then known as the Rue des Fosses-Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."