The Duchess de la Vallière
| The Duchess de la Vallière | |
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Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London | |
| Original language | English |
| Genre | Historical |
| Setting | France, 17th century |
The Duchess de la Vallière is an 1837
Theatre Royal, Covent Garden on 4 January 1837.[2] The original cast included Helena Faucit as Louise de la Vallière, William Macready as the Marquis Alphonso de Bragelone, John Vandenhoff as Louis XIV, William Farren as the Duke of Lauzun, John Langford Pritchard as the Count de Grammont, William Harries Tilbury as Bertrand and Sarah West
as Madame la Vallière.
It benefited from the more liberal licensing regime of Charles Kemble, who passed it without a protest. It was not a success, running for eight nights, and being attacked in the press for immorality.[3] It appeared at the Park Theatre in New York on 13 May of the same year, where the title role was played by Ellen Kean.
References
Bibliography
- Downer, Alan Seymour. The Eminent Tragedian William Charles Macready. Harvard University Press, 1966.
- Foulkes, Richard. Church and Stage in Victorian England. Cambridge University Press, 1997.
- Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of Early Nineteenth Century Drama 1800-1850. Cambridge University Press, 1930.
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