Virginie Déjazet
Virginie Déjazet | |
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 Virginie Déjazet by Ludwig Richter | |
| Born | 30 August 1798 Paris, France |
| Died | 1 December 1875 (aged 77) |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | actress |
Pauline Virginie Déjazet (30 August 1798 – 1 December 1875) was a French
Life
Déjazet was born in
She died in 1875 in Belleville, Paris and she was buried in division 81 of Père Lachaise Cemetery. Her funeral witnessed an extraordinary outpouring of devotions from her fans and the theatrical community.[5]
Travesti performance
Over a period of three decades, starting from the 1820s, Virginie Déjazet was a big draw at the box office as a comic actress and singer.[5] She was a famous soubrette of the popular theatre, specialized in travesti (cross-roles) performance. She created over hundred such roles on the semi-musical stage of vaudeville.[1] She was judged peerless in playing travesti.[5] She was being considered as one of the most famous travesty performers of the early nineteenth century. She even played Napoleon with a huge army.[2]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-400-87136-0. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-415-26705-2. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Dejazet, Pauline Virginie". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 938. Endnote: See Duval's Virginie Déjazet (1876).
- ^ The Assault on The Opera Comique accessed 6 Dec 2007
- ^ ISBN 978-1-461-64438-5. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
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