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198 OUR FRENCH CORRESPONDENT.
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« Rose Cheri.
of your forthcoming works . Be therefore so kind as to see and hear her ; after which , any further recommendation on niy part
would be . superfluous . In conclusion , believe ,, my dear Bayard , in tlie old and durable friendship of - A . _Romiett . "
The writer of this letter , whatever productions of his _~ pen he may have in after life regrettedcould never have regretted itand all
that it contained was speedil , y verified . Bayard hastened , to speak of the young * country girl to Delestre-Poirsonwhoat that time
directed the Gymnase-Dramatique , founded by , him , twenty years , before , and some days afterwards she made her dehut before the
Parisian _|> ublic in the role of Estelle—a circumstance that was considered by her dramatic friend as highly auspiciousit having been the
one which Rachel first read , when coming from the , provinces , before the directors of the same theatre , previous to obtaining an
engagement in it . Hose Cheri was , on her first appearance , which took place when all the great and wealthy of Parisian society had left town ,
jbut little remarked . Her talent was not of an order to carry an ; audience by stormneither was her beauty of a type to dazzle at
, the called first Ci Violette coup cVceil " instead . The of French " Rose say " th and at she the first shoul tim d hav e she e been - ; per
formed in the G , ymnase only the gens d esprit , and . the few of the spectators who possessed refined tastescould appreciate her natural
acting , and the grace , modesty , true sentiment , , and charming can- _, dour which she displayed on that occasion . The greater j ) art of the
audience saw in the young debutante an actress without glaring defects , but of little promise , in consequence of which the director
of the Gymnase offered her , for a twelvemonth ' s engagement , only six hundred francs , which is equivalent to about twenty-four
pounds sterling . Par from feeling disappointed at such low terms , the poor girl seized gladly on the offer ; not only because she
greatly needed the money , but having an innate consciousness o £ her abilities , felt also the importance of being attached to such a
theatre as the Gymnase , and that soon or late an opportunity for which she hoped- would there present itself . Nor was this
opportunity long delayed ; and when it arrived , the constant study of this young girl _prejsared her to profit by it so that it became the happy
turning point in her career . The corps dramatiquc of this theatre at that time performed " Une
Jeunesse _Orageiise , " by M . Charles Desnoyers , which brought in considerable sums to the treasury . The _principal character was
sustained by M . Tisseraut ; the next in order , the character of a young- woman , had been accepted by Madame Yolnyswho did so
, on tie condition of being * free to go elsewhere after the third rej ) resentation . Mdlle . Nathalie , an actress still enjoying a high
reputation for dramatic talent , was to succeed Madame Yolnys ; but when , the day approached for her to do soshe suddenly fell sick .
The tickets which had been issued for the , night when she was to
play were eagerly bought up , and the numerous announcements
198 Our French Correspondent.
198 OUR _FRENCH CORRESPONDENT .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1861, page 198, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111861/page/54/
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