Plunkett, Adeline
(1824–1910)> BALLERINA
Plunkett, Adeline (31 March 1824, Brussels; 8 November 1910, Paris), ballerina, closed the first chapter of her dancing career by aiming a kick at an unfriendly dancer in Her Majesty’s Theatre in London. Unfortunately, she connected instead with the lamp providing light for the moon by which Francesca Cerrito was to perform her pas de 1’ombre in Ondine. She had no choice now except to move on to Drury Lane, where she had the frightening experience of seeing Clara Webster burn to death in The…