Adrienne Lecouvreur (April 5, 1692 – March 20, 1730) was a French actress. April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ... Events February 13 - Massacre of Glencoe March 1 - The Salem witch trials begin in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony with the charging of three women with witchcraft. ... March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in Leap years). ... Events Pope Clement XII elected September 17 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed III (1703-1730) to Mahmud I (1730-1754) Anna Ivanova (Anna I of Russia) became czarina Births April 16 - Henry Clinton, British general (d. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ...

Born in Damery, she first appeared professionally on the stage in Lille. After her Paris debut at the Comédie Française in 1717, she was immensely popular with the public, until her mysterious death. City motto: – City proper (commune) Région Nord-Pas de Calais Département Nord (59) Mayor Martine Aubry (PS) (since 2001) Area 39. ... Comédie-Française, late 18th century Interior view, late 18th century The Comédie-Française or Théâtre français is the only state theater in France. ... // Events January 4 — The Netherlands, Britain & France sign Triple Alliance February 26-March 6 What is now the northeastern United States was paralyzed by a series of blizzards that buried the region. ...

She was credited with having developed a more natural, less stylized, type of acting.

She had a romance with Maurice de Saxe, which ended in tragedy when she was apparently poisoned by her rival, the Duchess of Bouillon. The refusal of the Catholic Church to give her a Christian burial moved her friend Voltaire to write a bitter poem on the subject. Maurice de Saxe Maurice, comte de Saxe (German Moritz Graf von Sachsen) (October 28, 1696 — November 30, 1750), Marshal of France, the natural son of Augustus II of Poland and of the countess Aurora Königsmark, was born at Goslar. ... The tone of this article is inappropriate for an encyclopedia. ...

Her life became the inspiration for a tragic drama by Scribe and Legouvé. on which Francesco Cilea's opera Adriana Lecouvreur is based. Illustration of a 15th century scribe This is about scribe, the profession. ... Legouvé may mean: J. B. Legouvé (1729-1783) Gabriel Legouvé (1764-1812), French poet, son of J. B. Ernest Legouvé (1807-1903), French dramatist, son of Gabriel This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Francesco Cilea, (Palmi, near Reggio Calabria, July 26, 1866 - Varazze, near Savona, November 20, 1950) was an Italian opera composer, whose early success was not sustained, as taste in music changed. ... Adriana Lecouvreur is an opera by Francesco Cilea. ...