L'AIGLON by Edmond Rostand 1900 w/ Portrait of Maude Adams as Napoleon II

Description: L'AIGLON by Edmond Rostand 1900 w/ Portrait of Maude Adams as Napoleon II POB#56937 TITLE: L'Aiglon AUTHOR: Edmond Rostand. Adapted into English by Louis N. Parker. PUBLISHER: New York: R. H. Russell DATE: MCM [1900]DESCRIPTION: 261 pages : portrait ; 21 cm CONDITION NOTES: VERY GOOD, Period owner inscriptions together w/ 1918-19 Lativian Red Cross relief stamp on front pastedown (possibly from a charity sale?). BINDING: Full blue cloth with tooled in gilt with Napoleonic devices...Two portraits: Maude Adams in the title role of Napoleon II (L'Aiglon) that she performed on Broadway; a portrait of Napoleon II himself. Maude Adams later became best know for portraying Peter Pan on stage..L'Aiglon is a play in six acts by Edmond Rostand based on the life of Napoleon II who was the son of Emperor Napoleon I and his second wife, Empress Marie Louise. The title of the play comes from a nickname for Napoleon II, the French word for "eaglet" (a young eagle). The title role was created by Sarah Bernhardt in the play's premiere on 15 March 1900 at the Théàtre Sarah Bernhardt. In October of the same year, the play (in an English translation by Louis N. Parker) premiered at New York's Knickerbocker Theatre, with Maude Adams in the title role. Its first performance in London was at His Majesty's Theatre in 1901, with Bernhardt again playing the leading role. Rostand had written L'Aiglon specifically for Bernhardt, and it became one of her signature roles. Clemence Dane made an English translation which was broadcast by the BBC on National Radio in 15 November 1936 and regionally the following day.[1] Marius Goring performed the leading role in this production. Listing and template services provided by inkFrog

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Location: Pasadena, California

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