Françoise Saucerotte dite Mademoiselle RAUCOURT (1756-1815). L.A.S., June 11, 1788, [to Chevalier de Cubières]; 1 1/2 pages in-4 (one edge slightly frayed). She thanks him "for the politeness with which you insist that I play in your play. Please believe that it was not without consulting your interest as much as my own that I gave up your role. It would be wrong, I repeat, and I would do more harm than good to the success of your work. I played in Les Réputations, and no one is unaware of the extent to which my relationship with the author entitled him to my complaisance and the sacrifice of my self-respect. My lack of success in this play (I'm not at all embarrassed to say) must, on the contrary, justify my refusal"... [Le chevalier de Cubières had two plays in the Comédie-Française repertoire: La Jeune Épouse, premiered on July 4 1788, which Raucourt refused to perform (5 performances); and La Mort de Molière, which had a single performance on November 19 1789. Raucourt is alluding to the Marquis de Bièvre's play Les Réputations, which premiered on January 23, 1788 and had 4 performances].