Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-01
DE PONIPADOUR,s THEATRE.
How 1t Was Organized, and Her Own
Parts in Performance.
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From the Lo7tdon SrturdGV Pegicao
1t was in 1747 that Nine. de Pompadour
founded the Theatre des Petits Cabinets in
the Little Gallery at Versailles; it was in
175. that, after a world OF songs, and pas.
quInades, and scandals, she ceased from
acting and became the chatelaine of
Bellevue merely. In the interval she bad
maintained her position as uncrowned
| Queen OF France against all corners, and,
in an in rigue that reads like the sketch Of
a Dumas comedy, had beaten Richelieu
himself in fair hand -tO-hand combat. AT
starting she had the Duke de la Valhere
for her manager, MOncrif for her under
manager, and the Able de la Gardo for
her promptcr; while her fellow-actOrs
were tn Dukes de Chartres, d. Aven, de
| NIvemOis, de Coigny, and Duras the Mar
| quis de D'Enpraignes. the Marquis
de COurtenyauX. the Count de Male
! bOls, the MarchiOness de Livry, the dow
ager, Duchess de Brancas. and Mme de
| Marchais. nee De LabOrde. Associated
with these We're ballet OF 10, among them
a lad who was afterward TO be known as
| CaillOt, the Capnul and the Mario of his
time; chorus Of 10. afterwards increased
| to %: and an orchestra of 20, afterwards
! increased to 80, In which jelly OF was one
| e the viOlincellists. WIN MOndonVille
| the comp ser, PLAYED violin. and anna
/ tours So Distinguish as the Prince de
/ Dombes, the Marquis de Sourches. and
/ the Count de Dampelre took charge Of
| the yiolas and ba-sOOn. Denesse Of the
/ opera was her ballet master. and the Mar
| quis de COurtenVauX her premier danseur:
/ Boucher and PerOt were her scene pant-
/ ers; her wigmaker was the illustrous No
( trelle. ''perruquier DIES Menus Plaisirs du
/ Roy ct de tOus lea spectacles'; her re-
| bearsals were superintended by LanOue,
/ with a salary OF 600 liVres. and on spe-
I cial occasion by Miles. DUmesnil and
/ Gauss her costumes, designed BY Per-
/ rouet, were the 81 and richest that
money could buy. The rules and regula-
| tiOns OF the company we're stringent and
solemn; ard, when she migrated from be
! Petite GalerIe. IL was to a theatre con-
| rived. AZ q cost Of some $4,000 livres, IN
the great E~caiier des A mhas sadeurs Al
first the MaIchinness appears 10 have in
tended D. restrict herself 10 comedy, but
her am biiion grew with success. aud she
induleed herself freely in pantOmime, in
opera, in tragpdV--all with equal skill aud
all with equal fortune. During the six
wears OF her venture she produced some
tttv several PIECES. Among these we're
MOliere's "rartuhe" in which she was the
ID rine; Grissett's lie Mrchant," in
which she mayed Llsette. the pari created
10y Dangeville; NOllalrt's "Afzre" (with
"L'Eutant Prndlgue"; QumaulTs La
Mere Coquet." IN whicn she vas, nf
course. the Laurette; "Les Amours de
Ra sOndp," in which. In hrceches 'ptAit
unhabilement Tres decent" SAYS the Duke
lie Luynes) she chaliPngel comparison
with M less a person than Jeh Otte; Gun
rra's "1ancrpde," IN which, OF cnursp.
she sang Hermnie; aud. Lulu's "Acis."
~ which she sang the Galathp, and H.
A y 4 In
Amours DE Ra2Ondp," she Was not AFRAID.
as Colin, Of reminisce noes Of her old
singing master. These, Unjust he noted.
are barely a tithe Of the parts she at
Z met ana the hits she made. There n
no doubt ~ fact that she was consume
mate artist, and that she would have been
distinguished as Poisson " she had not
berH renowned as PumpaiOur. We shall
have said enough II we add that she spent
money Ike water, and that the trst year
o. har yenture cost the nation upward Of
80, 1000 livres.