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  • Antonin Artaud - A biography of the French actor, director, theoretician and playwright; and an analysis of his "Theater of Cruelty".
  • Béjart - A biography of the family of actors associated with Molière.
  • Constant Coquelin - A biography of the French actor known as Coquelin aîné.
  • Louise Françoise Contat - A brief biography of the French actress.
  • Madame Céleste - A biography of the French dancer and actress.
  • Marie Champmeslé - A biography of the French actress.
  • Michel Baron - A biography of the French actor.
  • Mlle. Clairon - A biography of the French actress, generally considered the greatest tragedienne of her day.
  • Talma and the Princess - An account of the actor Talma's love affair with Napoleon's sister, Pauline Bonaparte.
  • The Three Farce Players - Account of three clever and versatile actors who, although they began life as baker's apprentices, became famous on the stage under the names Turlupin, Gros-Guillaume and Gaultier-Garguille.
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