[Delaporte]
Exposé de la conduite et des torts du sieur Talma, envers les Comédiens Français[Statement of the conduct and grievances of Sieur Talma towards the French Comédiens]
Imprimerie de Prault|Paris 1790|13.8 x 21.6 cm|Relié
First edition, published anonymously by Delaporte, secretary and prompter of the Comédie-Française.
Contemporary black cloth Bradel binding, smooth spine, red shagreen lettering-piece with some loss, marbled paper boards, upper corners slightly worn, 19th-century binding.
Copies recorded only at the BnF and in Rouen (CCFr).
Printed initials at the foot of the title page.
Rare summary, by the Comédie-Française secretary and prompter, of the grievances held by the Company against the actor Talma, focusing particularly on performances of Marie-Joseph Chénier’s play Charles IX.
The play, which achieved immense public success, drew criticism from th
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