Marguerite Terdie or Terdy known as Marguerite Debreux was a French actress, lyric artist and courtesan of the XIXth.
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Life edit
She made her debut at the Théâtre du Châtelet in 1868.
In London she sang the repertoire of Offenbach and Hervé in 1870-1871. She was the mistress of Gabriel Hugelmann who subsidised the theatre to which she was attached.[1][2]
She was hired at the Bouffes-Parisiens in 1871[3] where she was to debut in Le Corsaire Noir.[4]
In 1873, she met the coulissier Camille Bloch, of whom she became the mistress and with whom she lived for twenty-five years from 1874 to 1899, and who, on her advice, left the theatre to devote himself to his love affairs.[5]
Hugelmann, seeking revenge, publicly denounced the presence of his former mistress[6] at the time of the searches in the lupanar of the rue de Suresnes,[7] gallant refuge for theatre girls and young ladies who used to go there in secret from their lovers.[8] Debreux is named, along with about twenty fellow artists, Alice Regnault, who sues Hugelman for slander.[9][10] Méry Laurent, Gabrielle Roux, ...[11] Despite his exoneration, this episode remains attached to his name long after the fact.[12]
She played at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal and the Théâtre des Nouveautés in 1880.
Her furniture and objets d'art were put on sale in 1906.[13][14]
Some roles edit
- 1868: La Poudre de Perlinpinpin, féerie by the Cogniard brothers, as Cupidon, at Théâtre du Châtelet.
- 1870: Le Petit Faust, opéra bouffe, by Hervé[15] as Méphistophélès at Lyceum Theatre, London.
- 1871: La princesse de Trébizonde, by Offenbach, as Régina, revival at Bouffes-Parisiens, 15 September.[16]
- 1871: Le testament de Monsieur de Crac, operetta by Charles Lecocq, as Thibaude, at the Bouffes-Parisiens, 23 October.[17][18]
- 1872: Le Serpent à plumes, opéra bouffe, by Léo Delibes, revival at Bouffes-Parisiens.[19]
- 1872: La Timbale d'argent, opéra bouffe, by Léon Vasseur after a libretto by Adolphe Jaime and Jules Noriac, as Fichtel, creation at the Bouffes-Parisiens, 9 April.[20][21]
- 1873: La Rosière d'ici, by Léon Roques, at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, 27 March
- 1873: La Leçon d'amour, by Livrat and Watchs.[22]
- 1873: La Quenouille de Verre, by Charles Grisart, as Lucette, at the Bouffes-Parisiens, 7 November.[23]
- 1875: La Cruche cassée, by Léon Vasseur, travesti role of Louis XV, at Théâtre Taitbout.[24]
- 1876: Le Roi d'Yvetot, opéra bouffe by Léon Vasseur, at Theatre Taitbout[25]
- 1878: La Timbale d'argent, revival at Bouffes-Parisiens.[26]
- 1880: La Cantinière, operetta by Robert Planquette, as Musardin, at Théâtre des Nouveautés, 26 October.[27]
- 1882: Le Jour et la Nuit, operetta by Charles Lecocq, as Sanchette, at Tthéâtre des Nouveautés.[28][29]
References edit
- ^ "Le Figaro". Gallica (in French). 1874-03-26. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "Le Petit journal". Gallica (in French). 1874-03-26. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "Le Figaro". Gallica (in French). 1871-08-21. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "L'Orchestre". Gallica (in French). August 1871. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "Le Journal". Gallica (in French). 1900-12-30. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ Macé, Gustave (1902). La police parisienne (in French). Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ Affaire de la rue de Suresnes. La baronne Strausack & Cie. Tribunal correctionnel de Paris audiences des 20,21 et 22 Février 1873. Imp. Sacre-Duquesne. 1873. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ Claude, Antoine; Labourieu, Théodore (1881–1883). Mémoires de M. Claude, chef de la police de sûreté sous le second Empire. Tome 7 (in French). p. 204. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "Le Figaro". Gallica (in French). 1873-01-17. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "Le Figaro". Gallica (in French). 1873-01-26. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "Le Tintamarre". Gallica (in French). 1873-02-02. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "Gil Blas". Gallica (in French). 1887-11-19. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ Catalogue des objets d'art et d'ameublement, meubles en bois sculpté..., bronzes de Barbedienne, tableaux, aquarelles, dessins..., appartenant à madame Marguerite Debreux, objets d'art appartenant à divers... 1906. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "Le Journal". Gallica (in French). 1906-04-22. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ Hervé (1825-1892) (1869). Le petit Faust. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "La Presse". Gallica (in French). 1871-09-08. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ Lecocq (1832-1918), Charles (1871). Le testament de Monsieur de Crac. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "La Comédie". Gallica (in French). 29 October 1871. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "Le Figaro". Gallica (in French). 1872-03-07. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "La timbale d'argent - Spectacle - 1872". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "Léon Vasseur". Opérette - Théâtre Musical (in French). 2016-12-14. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "La Comédie". Gallica (in French). 28 September 1873. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "La Comédie". Gallica (in French). 1873-11-23. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "La Comédie". Gallica (in French). 1875-11-07. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "La Comédie". Gallica (in French). 1876-04-02. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "La Comédie". Gallica (in French). 1878. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ Planquette (1848-1903), Robert (1880). La cantinière. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Gil Blas". Gallica (in French). 1882-03-09. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "Fantasia-programme". Gallica (in French). 1882. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
External links edit
- Portraits de Marguerite Debreux available at Gallica
