Scènes privées ou publiques Choix ou nécessité (1799) pour les femmes dramaturges ? ou « Dux femina facti »

The « Théâtre de société », bound to a private circle, otherwise to a « salon », allows to be opened to women and proposes a way between the public and private spheres. It is the way Mrs Staal-Delaunay gets to be known at Sceaux, or Mrs de Montesson on her own theater. It is also a way used by some actresses, sometimes authors themselves as Miss Quinault or Miss Raucourt. This paper will study how and why the « theatre career » of women had to find its way between these various types of theatres.