See also:

• DUGAZON [JEAN HENRI GOURGAUD] (1746-1809)

DUGAZON [See also:

• JEAN

JEAN See also:

• HENRI

HENRI See also:

• GOURGAUD, GASPAR, BARON (1783-1852)

GOURGAUD] (1746-1809)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French actor, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• MARSEILLES

Marseilles on the 15th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1746, the son of the director of military hospitals there . He began his career in the provinces, making his debut in 1770 at the Comedie Frangaise, where he aspired to leading See also:

• COMEDY

comedy roles . He pleased the public at once and was made societaire in 1772 . See also:

• DUGAZON [JEAN HENRI GOURGAUD] (1746-1809)

Dugazon was an ardent revolutionist, helped the See also:

• SCHISM

schism which divided the See also:

• COMPANY

company, and went with See also:

• TALMA, FRANCOIS JOSEPH (1763-1826)

Talma and the others to what became the See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

Theatre de la Republique . After the closing of this theatre, and the See also:

• DISSOLUTION (from Lat. dissolvere, to break up into parts)

dissolution of the Comedie Frangaise, he took See also:

• REFUGE

refuge at the Theatre See also:

• FEYDEAU

Feydeau until (1799) he returned to the restored Comedie . He retired in 18o7, and died insane at Sandillon in 'Soo . Dugazon wrote three mediocre comedies of a See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, performed at the Theatre de la Republique . He married, in 1776, See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

Rose Lefevre, but was soon divorced and then married again . The first Madame Dugazon (1755-1821), the daughter of a See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin dancing See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master, was a charming actress . Her first See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance on the See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage was made at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of twelve as a dancer . It was as an actress " with songs " that she made her debut at the Comedie Italienne in 1774 in See also:

• GRETRY

Gretry's Sylvain . She was at once admitted pensionnaire and in 1776 societaire .

Madame Dugazon delighted all See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, and nightly crowded the Comedie Italienne for more than twenty years . The two kinds of parts with which she was especially identified—See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young mothers and See also:

• WOMEN

women past their first youth—are still called "dugazons" and "metes dugazons." Examples of the first are Jenny in La See also:

• DAME
• DAME (through the Fr. from Lat. domina, mistress, lady, the feminine of dominus, master, lord)

Dame See also:

• BLANCHE, JACQUES EMILE (1861– )

blanche and Berthe de Simiane in See also:

• LES

Les Mousquetaires de la reine; of the second, See also:

• MARGUERITE

Marguerite in Le Pre aux clercs and the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen in La See also:

• PART

Part du diable . Dugazon's See also:

• SISTER

sister, See also:

• MARIE

MARIE ROSE See also:

• GOURGAUD, GASPAR, BARON (1783-1852)

GOURGAUD (1743-1804), was an actress who first played at See also:

• STUTTGART

Stuttgart, where she married Angelo, See also:

• BROTHER

brother of Gaetano See also:

• VESTRIS, GAETANO APPOLINO BALDASSARE (1729-18o8)
• VESTRIS, LUCIA ELIZABETH (1797—1856)

Vestris, the dancer . Under the See also:

• PROTECTION

protection of the See also:

• DUKES
• DUKES, LEOPOLD (1810-1891)

dukes of See also:

• CHOISEUL, CESAR
• CHOISEUL, ETIENNE FRANCOIS

Choiseul and Duras, she was commanded to make her debut at the Comedie Frangaise in 1768, where she created important parts in a number of tragedies .