Copy of the role of Cicéron from ‘Rome sauvée’ produced by Henri Louis Lekain, c.1761

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CMV37512

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MS 20016 (5), ‘Rome sauvée : tragédie’

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Copy of the role of Cicéron from ‘Rome sauvée’ produced by Henri Louis Lekain, c.1761

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Brief Summary:

Copy of the role of Cicéron from Rome sauvée produced by Henri Louis Lekain, c.1761.

Detailed Summary:

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.

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13 pp.

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317 x 200 mm

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1

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Part of a bound collection of roles played be Lekain, 1760-1767.

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1761

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[Paris]

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OCV Reference:

vol.31A, p.1-292

OCV Manuscript Reference:

vol.31A, p.14, ‘MS3’

Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

8 September 2025