Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ILLUSTRATIONS vi
4. PREFACE viii
5. NOTES x
6. ABBREVIATIONS xi
7. Introduction 1
8. 1 Moylin, Sallé, Cochois, the gathering of the clan: 1690–1714 5
9. 2 Francisque at the Fairs: 1715–1718 22
10. 3 The first London season: 1718–1719 41
11. 4 The open road between London and the Paris Fairs: 1720–1721 66
12. 5 Success and failure in London and Paris: 1721 86
13. 6 The fight goes on: Francisque and the 107
14. 7 A provincial interlude and a Paris triumph: 1724–1726 130
15. 8 Farewell to the Fairs and return to the provinces: 1726–1734 146
16. 9 Monsieur Francisque in Brussels and London: 1733–1734 170
17. 10 The London season, 1734–1735: Part One 188
18. 11 The London season, 1734–1735: Part Two 215
19. 12 Brief scenes from the French provinces: 1736–1737 240
20. 13 ‘A sharp and bloody battle’: the Haymarket riot: October 1738 250
21. 14 ‘Comédiens du Roi’: last years and final curtain: 1739–1770 272
22. 15 Francisque’s legacy and family fortunes 297
23. Appendices
24. Appendix I Contract for the Théâtre de la Monnaie: Brussels 1733 316
25. Appendix II The repertoire of the London season 1734 to 1735 321
26. Appendix III Micault’s manuscript list of performances in Dijon, 1739–40 and 1750–1 328
27. BIBLIOGRAPHY 331
28. INDEX 352