Jeanne Marie Françoise Menestrier dite MINETTE (1789-1853) actress at the Vaudeville and later the Gymnase. L.A.S. "Minette f Marguerite", January 26 [1829], to M. Duhamel, lawyer; 2 1/2 pages in-8, addressed. About Mlle Duchesnois and the Comédie-Française. She dined with Viennet and Mlle Duchesnois. "Combien je regrète que la conduite de la comédie française envers Mlle Duchesnois et autres soit aussi peu digne d'elle. What is this unlimited leave it grants to our only tragedienne? Is this the way to recognize the services rendered by the one who served as a model for those who came after, and there are none to be found. Mlle Bourgoin, too, was almost forced to resign... Several other artists have cause for complaint. [...] Bernard has given up his quarter and is now a mere actor at the Vaudeville. Why didn't he quit five months ago? Minette would still be on rue de Chartres [at Vaudeville]! Besides, I'm treated very well at boulevard Bonne nouvelle [Gymnase]! The actors are less tired of rehearsals because there are more successful plays"...