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Aiglon Du Lamentin Players
Aiglon may refer to: Music and film *''L'Aiglon'' (1900), Romantic drama about the above by Edmond Rostand *''L'Aiglon (opera)'' (1937), operetta composed by Arthur Honegger and Jacques Ibert, after Rostand's play *Les Aiglons, Guadeloupean band *'' Napoléon II l'Aiglon'' (1961), French drama film based on a book by André Castelot Sports *Aiglon du Lamentin, Martinique football club * Aiglons (football club), Togolese football club, one of the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship squads#Togo Transportation *Aiglon, an early 20th-century French car also called the Alliance (1905 automobile) * Aiglon (motorcycle), French motorcycle * Caudron C.600 Aiglon, 1930s French light touring monoplane * Robin Aiglon, 1980s French Four-seat touring monoplane * Société Aiglon, French aircraft manufacturer Other *Aiglon College in Switzerland *''L'Aiglon'' ("The Eaglet"), nickname for Napoleon II , house = Bonaparte , father = Napoleon I, Emperor of the Fren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Aiglon
''L'Aiglon'' is a play in six acts by Edmond Rostand based on the life of Napoleon II, who was the son of Emperor Napoleon I and his second wife, Empress Marie Louise. The title of the play comes from a nickname for Napoleon II, the French word for "eaglet" (a young eagle). The title role was created by Sarah Bernhardt in the play's premiere on 15 March 1900 at the Théàtre Sarah Bernhardt. Fashion designer Jacques Doucet designed her famous white costume. In October of the same year, the play (in an English translation by Louis N. Parker) premiered at New York's Knickerbocker Theatre, with Maude Adams in the title role. Its first performance in London was at His Majesty's Theatre in 1901, with Bernhardt again playing the leading role. Rostand had written ''L'Aiglon'' specifically for Bernhardt, and it became one of her signature roles. Clemence Dane made an English translation which was broadcast by the BBC on National Radio in 15 November 1936 and regionally the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |