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Carlotta Leclercq (1838-1893〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.19thcenturyphotos.com/Carlotta-Leclercq-as-%27Titania%27-124400.htm )〕) was a British actress. ==Career== Leclercq was born on 12 June 1838 in London,one of the children of Charles Clark (1797–1861) and his wife, Margaret, ''née'' Burnet. Clark, a pantomimist and ballet master, who performed under the stage name of Charles Leclercq.〔Knight, Joseph, ("Leclercq, Carlotta (1838–1893)" ), rev. J Gilliland, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edition, January 2008 accessed 30 January 2015 .〕 All of her brothers and sisters were actors: Rose, Louise, Charles Jr., Arthur and Pierre Leclercq.〔 Leclercq's debut was at the Princess Theatre when she was a child. In 1853 she performed as Maddalina in ''Marco Spada'', followed by Marguerite in ''Faust and Marguerite''. She also performed in the ''Muleteer of Toledo'', ''The Tempest'', ''The Merchant of Venice'', ''The Merry Wives of Windsor''〔 and Titania in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''.〔(photo by Camille Silvy ) , Guy Little collection, V and A〕 Leclerq was the first to play Diana in ''Don't Judge by Appearances'', Brougham's ''Playing with Fire'', Zillah in ''Duke's Motto'', Madame de Pompadour in ''King's Butterfly'', and Lucy Ashton in ''Master of Ravenswood''. She performed at the Adelphi Theatre, starring as Mercedes ''Monte Christo''〔 and as Marguerite in No Thoroughfare in 1868 and as Emily Milburn in ''Black and White.''〔(Actors in the plays of Wilkie Collins ), retrieved 30 January 2015〕 She left England and went to the United States with Charles Fechter. In 1877, she returned to England and married the actor John Nelson. The two performed together until his death. She stopped performing after 1879 in London although she made occasional appearances in the provinces. Leclerq became known as a teacher of theatre skills. She died on 9 August 1893 at her home in Chelsea.〔Joseph Knight, ‘Leclercq, Carlotta (1838–1893)’, rev. J. Gilliland, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 (accessed 30 Jan 2015 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carlotta Leclercq」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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