QUEENS OF THE FRENCH
STAGE
QU E E N S O F T H E
F R E N C H S T A G E
BY
H. NOEL WILLIAMS
AUTHOR OF "MADAME RÉCAMIER AND HER FRIENDS," "MADAME DE
POMPADOUR," "MADAME DE MONTESPAN," "MADAME
DU BARRY," ETC.
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
153-157 FIFTH AVENUE
1905
| CONTENTS | ||
|---|---|---|
| PAGE | ||
| [I]. | THE WIFE OF MOLIÈRE | [1] |
| [II]. | MARIE DE CHAMPMESLÉ | [87] |
| [III]. | ADRIENNE LECOUVREUR | [127] |
| [IV]. | MADEMOISELLE DE CAMARGO | [197] |
| [V]. | JUSTINE FAVART | [223] |
| [VI]. | MADEMOISELLE CLAIRON | [273] |
| [INDEX]: [A],[B],[C],[D],[E],[F],[G],[H],[I],[J],[K],[L],[M],[N],[O],[P],[Q],[R],[S],[T],[V],[W],[X],[Z] | [353] | |
| [FOOTNOTES] | ||
| LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Adrienne Lecouvreur. | (Photogravure) | [Frontispiece] |
| After the painting by Charles Coypel | ||
| Armande Béjart | to face page | [24] |
| After a contemporary drawing in the collection of M. Henry Houssaye, of the Academia Française | ||
| Jean Racine | " | [96] |
| From an engraving by Vertue | ||
| Maurice de Saxe | " | [168] |
| After the painting by Hyacinthe Rigaud | ||
| Mademoiselle Prévost | " | [200] |
| After the painting by Jean Raoux, in the Music of Tours | ||
| Mademoiselle de Camargo | " | [208] |
| From the painting by Lancret, in the Wallace Collectionat Hertford House | ||
| Justine Favart | " | [240] |
| After the drawing by Charles Nicolas Cochin fils | ||
| Mademoiselle Clairon | " | [296] |
| After the painting by Carle Van Loo | ||
| Elizabeth Berkeley, Countess of Craven (afterwards Margravine of Anspach) | " | [344] |
| After the drawing by Sir Joshua Reynolds | ||