Marie-Francoise Dumenil ( fr. Marie-Françoise Dumesnil ; 1711-1803) - French tragic actress ; real name Marie-Francoise Marchand ( French Marie-Françoise Marchand ). Also known under the pseudonym Mademoiselle Dumesnil .
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 notes
- 3 Literature
- 4 References
Biography
Marie Dumenil was born on January 2, 1713 in the city of Paris , in the family of a poor French nobleman. Although she was born in the capital of France, she began her theatrical career in the provinces, from where she was called only in 1737 to make her debut on the stage of Comedy Frances as Clytemnestra in the opera of the Austrian composer Christoph Willibald Gluck . The debut was so successful that, after many years, this role was recognized by critics of one of the best works of the actress (along with the roles of Fedra, Meropa and Semiramis) [4] .
Voltaire was very supportive of the talent of Mademoiselle Dumenil; describing her game, he said that she could keep the audience in tears for several acts [4] .
Dumenil left the theater stage in 1776. The Great French Revolution of 1789-1799, which soon broke out , almost completely deprived her of her livelihood, and Marie Dumenil lived in poverty for a long time [4] .
Marie Dumenil died on February 20, 1803 in her hometown [5] .
The Mémoires written to her in many respects contradict the notes published by her eternal rival Mademoiselle Cléron [4] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 BNF identifier : Open Data Platform 2011.
- ↑ 1 2 Encyclopædia Britannica
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Umansky A.M. Dumenil, Marie-Francoise // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- ↑ Dumesnil, Marie Françoise // Encyclopædia Britannica .
Literature
- Dumesnil, Marie Françoise // Encyclopædia Britannica .