Notes
The Français: the Comédie-Française, France's national theatre, founded in 1680. ↩
Louis-Arsène Delaunay (1826–1903): celebrated actor of the Comédie-Française, renowned for his elegant, natural style in romantic roles. ↩
An allusion to Genesis 9:21: Noah, having planted a vineyard, "drank of the wine and was drunken." ↩