Madame Saqui

Rendering of Madame Saqui

Madame Saqui (born Marguerite-Antoinette Lalanne on February 26, 1786 in Agde, Hérault ; February 21, 1866) was a noted French tightrope walker or "rope dancer." For a time she had her own theatre, which she had re-decorated. She continued to perform into her seventies.[1] In her day she was something of a celebrity and is mentioned in Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray.

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  1. ↑ Popular Theatres of Nineteenth-century France By John McCormick: pgs 34-37
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