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BEP(P.782.045
22 Jun 1782:11 (1/36)
Paris, February 11.
On Friday last was performed, at the opera house, a piece
called Iphigenie en Aulide. M. le Marquis de la Fayette
being in one of the boxes near the stage, in company with
the Princess de Poix and the Dutchess de Lauzun; the pitt
not knowing him, did not immediately pay much attention to
that part of the house; nor was it until Achilles, crowned
by the hands of victory, was sung, that any acclamations
were heard, and as two thirds of the spectators were
ignorant of the allusion, the applauses were not very
general; but when the crown of laurels was presented to
Achilles, the actress having previously designated the
Marquis, as in every respect deserving that honour, the
acclamations immediately resounded through the house, and
continued until the intermediate act; when the Marquis, who
had modestly retired to the back part of the box, was
obliged to appear and satisfy the impatience of the
audience, who received his thanks with the most lively
expressions of joy.
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