Madame Sans-Gêne (play)
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Madame Sans-Gêne is a historical comedy-drama by Victorien Sardou and Émile Moreau, concerning incidents in the life of Catherine Hübscher, an outspoken 18th-century laundress who became the Duchess o
Catherine in her laundry – the prologue in the original 1893 production
Réjane as Catherine (centre right) and Madeleine Verneuil and Camille-Gabrielle Drunzer, left, as Napoleon's sisters
Images of premiere production, from Le Gaulois, February 1894
Victorien Sardou
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Victorien Sardou was a French dramatist. He is best remembered today for his development, along with Eugène Scribe, of the well-made play. He also wrote several plays that were made into popular 19th-
Sardou in 1880
Commemorative plaque at the house in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, where Sardou was born
Sarah Bernhardt in the title role of Sardou's Théodora in 1884
A sketch of Sardou from 1899