Adrienne Lecouvreur

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Adrienne Lecouvreur, lithograph by C. Motte after a drawing by P. Vigneron

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Adrienne Lecouvreur: References & Edit History

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Jack Richtman, Adrienne Lecouvreur: The Actress and the Age (1971), throws new light on her death.

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Anniversary information added.		Apr 01, 2024
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Mar 21, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Mar 16, 2024
	Add new Web site: Old and Sold - Biography of Adrienne Lecouvreur.	Dutta Promeet	Aug 09, 2010
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Mar 25, 1999
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Mar 21, 1999