Clairon

Goncourt, for example, wrote an account of Clairon which is a book of the first interest, while I defy any one to get through two pages of most of the fustian she was compelled to act!

The Merry-Go-Round Carl Van Vechten 1922

Louis XIV, and Clairon, the first who realized all the grandeur of her art; such an one art thou, C-----, French Thalia, who commands attentions, I do not say this by way of apology but to share the opinion of Alceste.

Satyricon 2007

Academy and decided the fate of candidates; when they listened to the recitations of Mlle. Clairon, and the works of many authors known and unknown.

The Women of the French Salons Amelia Ruth Gere Mason

It was commenced by the celebrated Clairon, and perfected by the not less celebrated Talma.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 Various

Clairon, the actress in vogue, recites the roles of Phedre and Agrippine, Lekain reads Voltaire, and Goldoni a comedy of his own, which the hostess finds tiresome.

The Women of the French Salons Amelia Ruth Gere Mason

At Etioles, private theatricals were the fashion; Madame d'Etioles was the Clairon, the Camargo, and the Dangeville of the troop, which counted among its members some of the most illustrious personages of the day.

International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 Various

The French theatre possessed at that time, in tragedy, Dumesnil, Gaussin, Clairon, Sarrasin, Lanoue, &c. and this combination of eminent talents gave to the stage a degree of perfection and eclat, which will hardly ever be seen again.

The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810

Madam Clairon, and the triumph which the English Roscius achieved over the Siddons of the French stage, by his representation of the father struck with fatuity on beholding his only infant child dashed to pieces by leaping in its joy from his arms: perhaps the sole remaining conquest for histrionic tragedy is somewhere in the unexplored regions of the mind, below the ordinary understanding, amidst the gradations of idiotcy.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 395, October 24, 1829 Various

Clairon cast off the ridiculous dresses of the old actors, and consulted the costume of their characters, and that they were the first who established it on the French stage.

The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810

Clairon and Mademoiselle Dangeville, stood, one on each side of the great regulator -- made by Robin, clockmaker to the king -- which dominated the bust of Moliere -- after Houdon -- seeming to keep guard over all this gathering of artistic glory.

The French Immortals Series — Complete Various