Juliette Darcourt

Juliette Darcourt
Sepia-toned portrait of a white woman, standing; her hair is dressed in curls atop her head; she is wearing a dress with calico-print skirt and front panel.
Juliette Darcourt, photographed by Nadar in 1885
Other namesJuliette d'Harcourt
Occupation(s)Actress, singer

Juliette Darcourt also seen as Juliette d'Harcourt, was a French actress and singer on the Paris stage.

Career

In 1878, Darcourt was a young beauty in the company of Coco, at the opening of Jules Brasseur's Théâtre des Nouveautés in Paris.[1] She appeared in operettas, often with the Opéra-Comique, including Le Premier Baiser (1883),[2] Vie Parisienne (1883),[3] Le Château de Tire-Larigot (1884), La Nuits aux soufflets (1884),[4] L'Oiseau bleu (1884),[5] La Vie mondaine (1885), Le Petit Chaperon rouge (1885), L'amour Mouillé (1887),[6] Le Puits qui parle (1888), Juanita (1891),[7] and Le Commandant Laripète (1892).[8]

In 1899 Darcourt was in the casts of Le Faubourg and Les Amants Legitimes in Paris.[9][10] She was in Sylvie, ou La Curieuse d'Amour in 1900.[11] In 1901 she was in the cast of Paul Hervieu's play, The Trail of the Torch, when it debuted at the Théatre du Vaudeville.[12] In 1903, she was described as "particularly good" in a production of L'Adversaire by Alfred Capus.[13] She was considered a fashionable woman; reports and photographs of her gowns were published internationally.[14]

Darcourt married the actor Albert Brasseur (Jules's son), who died in 1932.[15]

References

  1. ^ "The Drama in Paris". The Era. 1878-06-16. p. 5. Retrieved 2020-07-14 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "The Drama in Paris". The Era. 1883-03-03. p. 7. Retrieved 2020-07-14 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "The Drama in Paris". The Era. 1883-11-17. p. 7. Retrieved 2020-07-14 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Nuit aux Soufflets Opéra Comique en trois actes de A. d'Ennery et P. Ferrier... Théâtre des Nouveauté Hommage a Madame Ugalde... Partition Chant & Piano transcrite par l'Auteur. Piano-vocal". J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  5. ^ "L'Oiseau Bleu Opéra-Comique en 3 actes de Duru & Chivot... Théâtre des Nouveautés... Partition Chant & Piano transcrite par Léon Roques. [Piano-vocal score] by LECOCQ, Charles 1832-1918". Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  6. ^ "The Drama in Paris". The Era. 1887-05-07. p. 9. Retrieved 2020-07-14 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "The Drama in Paris". The Era. 1891-04-11. p. 11. Retrieved 2020-07-14 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "The Drama in Paris". The Era. 1892-03-12. p. 11. Retrieved 2020-07-14 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "The Drama in Paris". The Era. 1899-12-02. p. 10. Retrieved 2020-07-14 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Les Amants Legitimes". The Era. 1899-06-03. p. 13. Retrieved 2020-07-14 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "The Drama in Paris". The Era. 1900-12-01. p. 10. Retrieved 2020-07-14 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Hervieu, Paul (1915). The Trail of the Torch: A Play in Four Acts. Doubleday, Page. pp. xii.
  13. ^ "Our Weekly Paris Letter". The Pittsburgh Gazette. 1903-11-22. The Sunday Gazette Home Journal, p. 20. Retrieved 2020-07-14 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ Thorold, W. J.; Hornblow, Arthur; Beach, Stewart; Maxwell, Perriton (July 1910). "Gleanings Here and There in the By-paths of Fashion". The Theatre Magazine. 12: xiv.
  15. ^ "Albert Brasseur", Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 2021-05-20