Lecouvreur, Adrienne (ädrēĕn` lək
vrör`), 1692–1730, French actress. With Michel Baron Baron or Boyron, Michel (mēshĕl` bärôN` or bwärôN`)
..... Click the link for more information. she helped change the traditional acting techniques of the French stage to a simpler, more natural style. She was extremely popular from her debut at the Comédie Française in 1717. Her love for Maurice de Saxe Saxe, Maurice, comte de (mōrēs` kôNt də säks)
..... Click the link for more information. ended in tragedy; her mysterious death was ascribed to poisoning by her rival, the duchesse de Bouillon. The Church's refusal to grant Lecouvreur a Christian burial resulted in a bitter poem by her friend Voltaire. She is the subject of a play by Scribe and Legouvé and of the opera Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea.
vrör`), 1692–1730, French actress. With Michel Baron Baron or Boyron, Michel (mēshĕl` bärôN` or bwärôN`)..... Click the link for more information. she helped change the traditional acting techniques of the French stage to a simpler, more natural style. She was extremely popular from her debut at the Comédie Française in 1717. Her love for Maurice de Saxe Saxe, Maurice, comte de (mōrēs` kôNt də säks)
..... Click the link for more information. ended in tragedy; her mysterious death was ascribed to poisoning by her rival, the duchesse de Bouillon. The Church's refusal to grant Lecouvreur a Christian burial resulted in a bitter poem by her friend Voltaire. She is the subject of a play by Scribe and Legouvé and of the opera Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea.
Bibliography
See biography by J. Richtman (1971).
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