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Repository: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France
Date: [1747]
CMV: cmv37502
Repository: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France
Date: c.18th
CMV: cmv37501
Repository: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France
Date: 9 March 1747
CMV: cmv37500
The hand suggests that this copy was produced in the eighteenth century.
Repository: Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Paris, France
Date: c.18th
CMV: cmv37499
The hand suggests that this copy was produced in the eighteenth century.
Repository: Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Paris, France
Date: c.18th
CMV: cmv37498
Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Date: c.18th
CMV: cmv37497
Repository: Riksarkivet, Stockholm
Date: 26 January 1767
CMV: cmv37496
Repository: Riksarkivet, Stockholm
Date: 25 April 1746
CMV: cmv37495
The play premiered at the Comédie-Française on Thursday 29 August 1748. It was performed 68 times by Lekain between 1756 and 1778.
This manuscript gives the names of the actors and their roles as follows:
- Sémiramis – Marie Dumesnil
- Arzace – Henri Louis Lekain
- Azéma – Sophie Hus
- Assur – Jean Claude Gilles Colson, a.k.a. Bellecour
- Oroès – Charles-François Racot de Gradval
- Otane – Dubois
- Mitrane – Mr Deborneval
- Cédar – Mr Dubreuil
Repository: Comédie-Française, Paris, France
Date: 1756
CMV: cmv37494
Repository: Bibliothèque historique de la Ville de Paris (BHVP), France
Date: 15 December 1745
CMV: cmv37493