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Paris Ballet Survivor Tells of Death Drive to Stage Fame
A young Parisian dancer recounts a dramatic escape from suicide after her father’s bankruptcy and a failed engagement. She befriends mentors at the Opera Comique, survives brutal training, endures rivalries and poison plots, becomes a star understudy, then premier travesti Rahna, and rises to fame against a backdrop of poverty, protégés, and superstition.
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Vétican Weekly
Inc
Great Britain
Marveau Herbert
M. Lecoeuvre
Marceau
France
St. Germain-en-Laye
Spain
America
Aunty
Mother Night
Opera Comique
Raother
Isveryons
TFE
Coryphee
Taglioni
Madame Mariquita
Maitresse de Baliet
Mme
Rosita Mauri
Rosita
Ross
Rosita Mauri—ani
Marigquita
Opera Nique Ballet
Albert Carre
Mme. Carre
Gtar
Leven
Mme. Maurisa
Paris
Mademoiselle Emilienne d’ Alencon
Mlle
d’Alencon
d'Alencon
Victoria
la Guimard
Paris Opera
Madame Regina Badet
Eiffel Tower
Regina
Carmen
Mme. Badet
Madame Badet
Madame Badel
Madame X
Mother
Mme. de Thebes
Mme. Lenormand
Josephine de Beautharnais
Rahna