| Main Performers | Artistes of the Comedie Francaise:-
Mesdes.Madeleine Brohan,
Mesdes.Favart,
Mesdes.Jouassain,
Mesdes.Provost Ponsin,
Mesdes.Dinah Felix,
Suzanne Reichemberg,
Sophie.Croizette,
Mesdes.Barretta,
Sarah Bernhardt,
Mesdes.Broizat,
Mesdes.Samary,
Mesdes.Lloyd,
Mesdes.Martin,
Mesdes.Bianca,
Mesdes.Thenard,
Mesdes.Dudlay,
Other stall holders:
Mrs Langtry,
Mrs Cornwallis-West,
Mrs Wheeler |
| Orchestra or Band | Band of the Garde Republicaine |
| Set List | 'Marche Indienne,dediee a S.A.R.le Prince de Galles', A.Sellenick (Band of the Garde Republicaine)
'Lohengrin', Wagner (Band of the Garde Republicaine),
'Le Feu Follet', A.Sellenick (M.Prevet, Band of the Garde Republicaine)
'Aida', Verdi (Band of the Garde Republicaine),
Ouverture - ''Guillaume Tell'', Rossini (Band of the Garde Republicaine)
INTERVAL
'The Prince of Wales' March', M.F.Febvre (Band of the Garde Republicaine),
'Ballet d'Hamlet', A.Thomas (Band of the Garde Republicaine),
'Il Trovatore', Verdi (Band of the Garde Republicaine),
'Les Petits Oiseaux', Douard (Band of the Garde Republicaine),
Ouverture: ''Oberon', C.M.de Weber (Band of the Garde Republicaine) |
| Performance Notes | A full review of the many Stall holders and the goods are outlined in a review in The Times, 7 July 1879
'The Prince of Wales was thus enabled to purchase a box of bonbons from Mrs Langtry, who stood in a yellow bonnet and wearing a brocaded dress at the stall of the Comtesse de Bulow. The Princess of Wales bought two little white kittens with blue eyes from Madame Sarah Bernhardt. The Prince of Wales bought a portrait of Sarah Bernhardt in oil, and a sea painting, and the party lingered a long time at the stall at which, aided by Mdlles Martin, Blanche Barrett and Thenard, Madame Bernhardt laboured indefatigably all the afternoon, haranguing, writing, raising the price upon her admirers till she had taken at the end the largest earnings of any stall - £2656. her smaller photographs were soon exhausted. The fans painted by own hand went early in the afternoon, and an American enthusiast bought a fan at a nieighbouring stall and paid her a £10 note for signing it. The Princess of Wales' kittens cost her Royal Highness £10, and the Prince of Wales threw down a handful of notes to settle his accounts as he left.' (The Times, 8 July 1879)
The Garrick Club, London, hold a linen fan signed by Sarah Bernhardt in their collections. |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1879/1) |