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Adélaïde-Thérèse Feuchère

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Adélaïde-Thérèse Feuchère

Adélaïde-Thérèse Feuchère, known as Mademoiselle Feuchère (1768 - 1845), was a French actress, active in Paris, Sweden, and Lyon.

Biography

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Adélaïde-Thérèse Feuchère was born into a family of actors; her mother and sister were also actresses, engaged at the theater in Lyon. She made her debut at the age of fifteen at the Comédie-Française in Paris during the 1783–1784 season; she performed in comedies such as Les Dehors trompeurs by Louis de Boissy, Zénéide by Louis de Cahusac, and La jeune Indienne by Sébastien-Roch Nicolas de Chamfort. According to Le Censeur dramatique and Le Journal de Paris, her performance was well received.[1] In 1784, she joined the troupe of the Comédie française de Sa Majesté le roi de Suède in Stockholm, where she performed until 1787.[2]

She returned to France in 1787 and was engaged at the theater in Lyon.[3]

In 1790, she met the writer, critic, and gastronome Alexandre Balthazar Laurent Grimod de La Reynière; he dedicated Consolation à Mademoiselle Feuchère to her. They married on an indeterminate date: the marriage is dated to September 4, 1790, according to Gustave Desnoiresterres, who based this on Grimod's correspondence,[1] or June 6, 1812, according to Ned Rival, who consulted notarial records.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Gustave Desnoiresterres (1877). Grimod de la Reyniere et son groupe. Paris: Didier. p. 171-174..
  2. ^ Oscar Levertin (1920). Teater och drama under Gustaf III (in Swedish). Stockholm: Albert Bonniers förlag..
  3. ^ Emmanuel Vingtrinier (1879). Le théâtre à Lyon au XVIIIe siècle. Lyon: Meton..
  4. ^ Ned Rival (1983). Grimod de La Reynière, le gourmand gentilhomme. Le Pré aux Clercs. p. 32. ISBN 978-2-71441-599-8..