Table of Contents: List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction
1. The family established
2. The clan ascendant, 1718-1729
3. Private entertainments
4. Piron and Caylus
5. Voltaire and others, 1732-1741
6. Thalia in retirement: the Bout-du-Banc takes shape, 1741-1745
7. Loss and renewal, 1745-1746
8. Clients, friends and relations, 1747-1749
9. ‘Tant d’affaires’: from Cénie to a new Bout-du-Banc, 1749-1758
10. Old friends and new circles, 1758-1779
11. Passing into ‘history’
Conclusion
Appendix: Jeanne Quinault’s reported theatrical roles
List of works cited
Index