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2 unusual facts about Vestris


Vestris

Auguste Vestris (1760–1842), French dancer, illegitimate son of Gaétan Vestris

Lucia Elizabeth Vestris (1797–1856), English actress and wife of Auguste Vestris


Norman Batten

He and fellow driver Earl Devore were lost at sea while sailing aboard the ocean liner SS Vestris.

William Farren

In fall of 1837, he joined the troupe run by Lucia Elizabeth Vestris at the Olympic Theatre, and he stayed with Vestris during her management of Covent Garden, ending in 1842.


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