<p>Les M&eacute;moires de Mlle Dumesnil offrent un regard intime sur la vie et la carri&egrave;re de Marie Françoise Dumesnil c&eacute;l&egrave;bre com&eacute;dienne française du XVIIIe si&egrave;cle. Ce volume enrichi d'une notice biographique pr&eacute;sente les m&eacute;moires de Dumesnil en r&eacute;ponse &agrave; ceux d'Hippolyte Clairon une autre figure marquante du th&eacute;âtre de l'&eacute;poque. Ces &eacute;crits d&eacute;voilent les rivalit&eacute;s les triomphes et les d&eacute;fis rencontr&eacute;s par les actrices dans le monde du spectacle. </p><p>&Agrave; travers ses souvenirs Dumesnil plonge le lecteur dans les coulisses de la Com&eacute;die-Française r&eacute;v&eacute;lant les intrigues et les passions qui animaient la sc&egrave;ne th&eacute;âtrale. Son r&eacute;cit constitue un t&eacute;moignage pr&eacute;cieux sur la vie artistique et sociale de son temps offrant un portrait vivant et d&eacute;taill&eacute; d'une &eacute;poque r&eacute;volue. Ces m&eacute;moires revus et corrig&eacute;s permettent de red&eacute;couvrir une figure embl&eacute;matique du th&eacute;âtre français et d'appr&eacute;cier son talent et sa contribution &agrave; l'art dramatique.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>