After they drift back off, the aging and severe Madame Armfeldt and her solemn granddaughter, Fredrika, enter.

Madame Armfeldt tells the child that the summer night " smiles " three times: first on the young, second on fools, and third on the old.

Madame Armfeldt, Desiree's mother, has taken over the care of Desiree's daughter Fredrika.

Madame Armfeldt offers advice to young Fredrika.

Meanwhile, Desiree asks Madame Armfeldt to host a party for Fredrik, Anne, and Henrik.

Though reluctant, Madame Armfeldt agrees.

After the Count and Countess leave, Fredrika and Madame Armfeldt discuss the chaos of the recent turns-of-events.

Madame Armfeldt is surprised, ruefully noting that she rejected love for material wealth at Fredrika's age.

* The Glamorous Life — Fredrika Armfeldt, Desiree Armfeldt, Madame Armfeldt and Quintet

* Liaisons — Madame Armfeldt

The cast included Glynis Johns ( Desiree Armfeldt ), Len Cariou ( Fredrik Egerman ), Hermione Gingold ( Madame Armfeldt ), Victoria Mallory, Judith Kahan, Mark Lambert, Laurence Guittard, Patricia Elliott, George Lee Andrews, and D. Jamin Bartlett.

Jean Simmons as Desiree Armfeldt, George Lee Andrews as Fredrik Egerman and Margaret Hamilton as Madame Armfeldt headed the cast.

The musical premiered in the West End at the Adelphi Theatre on April 15, 1975 and starred Jean Simmons, Joss Ackland, David Kernan, Liz Robertson, and Diane Langton, with Hermione Gingold reprising her role as Madame Armfeldt.

It starred Lila Kedrova as Madame Armfeldt, Dorothy Tutin as Desiree Armfeldt, Peter McEnery as Fredrick, and Susan Hampshire.

It starred Judi Dench ( Desiree ), Siân Phillips ( Madame Armfeldt ), Joanna Riding, Laurence Guittard and Patricia Hodge.

This production transferred to Broadway on December 13, 2009, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones as Desiree and Angela Lansbury as Madame Armfeldt.

The original cast starred Angela Lansbury as Madame Armfeldt and, in her Broadway debut, Catherine Zeta-Jones as Desiree.

The production temporarily closed on June 20, 2010 when the contracts of Zeta-Jones and Lansbury ended and resumed on July 13, with new stars Bernadette Peters as Desiree Armfeldt and Elaine Stritch as Madame Armfeldt.

In the summer of 1900, King Alexander suddenly announced his engagement to the widowed Madame Draga Mašin, formerly a lady-in-waiting to his mother.

* 1975: Zarah Leander, who played Madame Armfeldt ( Desirée's mother ) in the German production of A Little Night Music recorded a German version titled " Wo sind die Clowns?

* Florence Roberts as Madame Zola, Zola's mother

The reaction to the birth of an heir was best summed up by the words of Louis XVI himself, as he wrote them down in his hunting journal: " Madame, you have fulfilled our wishes and those of France, you are the mother of Dauphin ".

He produced numerous portraits during this period: Madame Duvauçay, François-Marius Granet, Edme-François-Joseph Bochet, Madame Panckoucke, and that of Madame la Comtesse de Tournon, mother of the prefect of the department of the Tiber.

Hortense cleverly disguised her pregnancy ( she was by then, in her sixth month ), during the baptism of Napoleon's son, Napoleon II when she was chosen to be one of the child's godmothers, an honour she shared with Madame Mère, mother of the Emperor.

Louise Élisabeth's mother was Françoise Marie de Bourbon, daughter of Madame de Montespan.

Charles ' mother was Claire Élisabeth Jeanne Gravier de Vergennes, Madame de Rémusat, born in 1780.

, Madame Geoffrin was the first child of a bourgeois named Pierre Rodet, a valet de chambre for the Duchess of Burgundy, and Angelique Thérèse Chemineau, the daughter of a Parisian Banker. Marie Thérèse's mother died a year later in giving birth to her son Louis.

Goodman states, " Madame Geoffrin made a daring step for a devout girl when, at the age of eighteen, but already a wife and mother, she began to frequent the afternoon gatherings at the home of Madame de Tencin.

Kim Irvine, bearing a heavy physical resemblance to her mother, also played Madame Leota for Haunted Mansion Holiday.

It was very apparent to the Imperial family, that Vetsera was being blatantly groomed by her mother for an advantageous marriage ; Empress Elisabeth noted in 1877: " Madame Vetsera wants to come to Court and gain recognition for her family.

She and her mother have recently set about forming an alliance of Spider-Man villains to get revenge on the wall-crawler and kidnap Madame Web.

In Paris, France, in 1910, a mother cat named Duchess and her three kittens, Marie, Berlioz, and Toulouse, live in the mansion of retired opera singer Madame Adelaide Bonfamille, along with her English butler Edgar.

Her mother, the well-known Madame Sophie Gay, brought her up in the midst of a brilliant literary society.

Madame de Neuillant, the mother of Françoise's godmother Suzanne, brought her to Paris and introduced her to sophisticated women and men, who became vital links that she would need in the future.

His mother, Françoise Marie de Bourbon | Madame d ' Orléans, by François de Troy.

* 8 December: Death of Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate ( Madame ), mother of the Regent ;

By a whim of his mother, the boy was dressed like a girl until he was eighteen, and, after appearing for a short time in man's costume, he resumed woman's dress on the advice -- doubtless satirical -- of Madame de La Fayette.

He was also a descendant of Louis XIV and his mistress Madame de Montespan, his mother being a great-granddaughter of Mademoiselle de Blois ( 1677 – 1749 ) and his father a great-grandson of Mademoiselle de Nantes ( 1673 – 1743 ), the two surviving daughters of Madame de Montespan.

He proudly wore the blue livery of her house, for the girl was Madame Delphine Lalaurie, wife of the prominent surgeon, Dr. Louis Lalaurie, who bore one of the South's oldest and most cherished names.

Madame Lalaurie gestured with her riding crop toward the 20-year-old youth who was stomping and writhing with the king snake still draped over his bare shoulders.

That moment, halfway through the first act, belongs to Ms. Lansbury, who has hitherto been perfectly entertaining, playing Madame Armfeldt with the overripe aristocratic condescension of a Lady Bracknell.

Like so many others, Étienne was eventually forced to flee Paris because of his opposition to the fiscal policies of Cardinal Richelieu, leaving his three children in the care of his neighbor Madame Sainctot, a great beauty with an infamous past who kept one of the most glittering and intellectual salons in all France.

He was the father of Thérésa Cabarrus, later known as Madame Tallien ( 1773 – 1835 ), a French social figure during the French Revolution who later became the Princess of Chimay.

Women who engage in female domination typically promote and title themselves under the terms " Dominatrix ", " Mistress ", " Lady ", " Madame "," Herrin " or " Goddess ", with the capitalization of these terms being a signifier to their identification in the dominant role.

* Lady for a Day ( 1933 )— Adapted by Robert Riskin, who suggested the name change from Runyon's title " Madame La Gimp ," the film garnered Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director ( Frank Capra ), Best Actress ( May Robson ), and Best Adaptation for the Screen ( Riskin ).

Wounded feelings gave rise to a bitter three-way quarrel between Rousseau and Madame d ' Epinay ; her lover, the philologist Grimm ; and their mutual friend, Diderot, who took their side against Rousseau.

At the request of Madame d ' Epinay, who was anxious to protect her privacy, however, the police ordered him to stop, and the Confessions was only partially published in 1782, four years after his death.

Later she would become a close friend with the devout Françoise d ' Aubigné, better known as Madame de Maintenon, the lady-in-waiting who would later become the second wife of Louis XIV.

Ney agrees, eager to earn the respect of the court, who just the day before insulted his " low birth " wife by addressing her as " Madame " despite her title.

Many travellers had themselves painted in exotic Eastern dress on their return, including Lord Byron, as did many who had never left Europe, including Madame de Pompadour.

His name, along with that of his patron Madame de Pompadour, had become synonymous with the French Rococo style, leading the Goncourt brothers to write: " Boucher is one of those men who represent the taste of a century, who express, personify and embody it.

Dynastic group portrait of Louis XIV ( seated ) with his son Louis, Dauphin of France ( 1661 – 1711 ) | le Grand Dauphin ( to the left ), his grandson Louis of France, Duke of Burgundy | Louis, Duke of Burgundy ( to the right ), his great-grandson the duc d ' Anjou, later Louis XV, and Madame de Ventadour, his governess, who commissioned this painting some years later ; busts of Henry IV of France | Henry IV and Louis XIII of France | Louis XIII in the background.

Later, she met the rest of the family, including her husband's youngest sister, Madame Élisabeth, who at the end of Marie Antoinette's life would become her closest and most loyal friend.

Other personalities who were attracted by his talks were American poets Harriet Monroe and Ella Wheeler Wilcox ; Dr. Lewis G. Janes, president of Brooklyn Ethical Association ; Sara C. Bull, wife of Ole Bull, the Norwegian violinist ; Sarah Bernhardt, the French actress and Madame Emma Calvé, the French opera singer.

This AOC classification dates to 1997, though these wines were recognized in the 17th and 18th century, notably by Madame de Sévigné, who reported the habits and preferred wines of the Court of Louis XIV.

The word, used in a technical sense, was popularized in theosophical literature in the late 19th century when Madame Helena Blavatsky, one of the founders of the Theosophical Society, claimed that her teachers were adepts or Mahatmas who reside in Asia.

* Gustave Flaubert ( 1821 – 1880 ), novelist, who wrote Madame Bovary

The Dauphin died the same day, 8 March 1712 while his younger brother, the Duke of Anjou, was personally treated by his governess, Madame de Ventadour, who forbade any bloodletting.

In keeping with French royal tradition that princes should be put in the care of men when they reached their seventh birthdays, Louis was separated from his governess, Madame de Ventadour, in February 1717, and placed in the care of the Duke of Villeroi, who had been designated as his governor in Louis XIV's will of August 1714 and whose secretary was the young Pierre-François Godard de Beauchamps.

The most famous was the French-Irish Marie-Louise O ' Murphy, who after two years as the king's young lover, made the fatal mistake of trying to unseat Madame de Pompadour and supplant her as favorite.