L'Aiglon
thumb|Sarah Bernhardt in the title role (1900) thumb|Minnie Tittell Brune in an Australian performance (1905) '''''L'Aiglon''''' is a play in six acts by Edmond Rostand based on the life of Napoleon II, who was the son of Emperor Napoleon I and his second wife, Empress Marie Louise. The title of the play comes from a nickname for Napoleon II, the French word for "eaglet" (a young eagle).
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- Author
- Edmond Rostand
- First published
- 1900
- Editions
- 27
- Subjects
- Drama, Family, Bonaparte, François Charles Joseph, Herzog von Reichstadt, called Napoléon II, 1811-1832
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thumb|Sarah Bernhardt in the title role (1900) thumb|Minnie Tittell Brune in an Australian performance (1905) '''''L'Aiglon''''' is a play in six acts by Edmond Rostand based on the life of Napoleon II, who was the son of Emperor Napoleon I and his second wife, Empress Marie Louise. The title of the play comes from a nickname for Napoleon II, the French word for "eaglet" (a young eagle).
The title role was created by Sarah Bernhardt in the play's premiere on 15 March 1900 at the Théàtre Sarah Bernhardt. Fashion designer Jacques Doucet designed her famous white costume.