Madame Sans-Gêne

Images of premiere production, from Le Gaulois, February 1894

Photographer: Napoleon Sarony Performer: Kathryn Kidder Production: Madame Sans Gene Provenance/Credit: Harvard Theater Collection, TCS 2, Box 313

Paramount, 1924. Directed by Léonce Perret.

Gloria Swanson, 1925

Swanson and Émile Drain (as Napoleon) in Madame Sans-Gêne (1925)

1941

1945

Belgian Poster 1961

Sophia Loren, 1961

Madame Sans-Gêne is a historical comedy-drama by Victorien Sardou and Émile Moreau, about the life of Cathérine Hübscher, an outspoken 18th-century laundress who became the Duchess of Danzig. It premiered at the Théâtre du Vaudeville, Paris, on 27 October 1893, starring Réjane in the title role. The play was revived many times in France and toured in the English provinces in 1897. It was also adapted as an opera, in 1915, and several times for film.

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