The play was first performed at the Comédie-Française on 12 January 1750. Lekain played the role of Oreste 17 times between 1761 and 1777.

Rome sauvée was first performed at the Comédie-Française on 24 February 1752. Lekain played the role of Cicéron twice between 1761 and 1762. In eleven other productions of the same play, he played Catilina instead.

This copy is not the performance text. It varies from first editions of the play, and with Lekain’s actor’s copy of the role of Catilina (CMV37509). The play was first performed at the Comédie-Française at the Jeu de Paume de l’Etoile on Thursday 24 February 1752.

Brutus was first performed at the Comédie-Française on 11 December 1730. Lekain first took on the role of Titus on 14 September 1750. He would perform the role 20 times between 1753 and 1770.

The play was first perfomred at the Comédie-Française on 24 February 1752. Lekain would act in the play 11 times. Between 1761 and 1762, he played the role of Cicero twice.

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

This MS played a part in the production of the edition of Mérope published by Prault fils in 1758. The play was first performed at the Comédie-Française on Wednesday 20 February 1743 at the Jeu de Paume de l’Etoile.

L’enfant prodigue opened at the Comédie française on 10 October 1736. Lekain took on the role of Euphémon on 24 September 1750 and performed it three times between 1752 and 1756.

Lekain produced his copy of the role of Zamore when the play began at the Comédie-Française in 1750. Lekain performed the role 51 times between 1751 and 1775. The manuscript offers variants for Act II, l.3, 12, 17, 30, 66, 97, 111, 154, 168, 176, 194, 206, 226, 266, 274, 287, 288; Act III, l.84-85, 114, 247-250; Act IV, l.168-169; Act V, l.75, 162, 171, 202-204, and 256.

This MS copy follows the text of the print edition exactly. It is a clean copy without corrections.