The Comédie-Caumartin is a 380-seat capacity theatre located at 25

rue de Caumartin The Rue de Caumartin in the 9th arrondissement of Paris received its name from Antoine-Louis Lefebvre de Caumartin, marquis de Saint-Ange, Comte de Moret (1725-1803), who was prévôt des marchands (1778-1784). He gave the authorization to open the ...

in the

9th arrondissement of Paris The 9th arrondissement of Paris (''IXe arrondissement'') is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as the neuvième (; "ninth"). The arrondissement, called Opéra, is loc ...

Histoire

Inaugurated in 1901 under the name Comédie-Royale, the venue is dedicated to humour and particularly to

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belonging to the

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genre. In 1923, René Rocher gave its current name to the place. In February 1958 the Theatre became ''Théâtre d'essai de la chanson''.

Pierre Dac André Isaac (15 August 1893 Châlons-sur-Marne, France – 9 February 1975 Paris, France), better known as Pierre Dac, was a French humorist. During World War II, Pierre Dac was one of the speakers of the BBC's '' Radio Londres'' service to oc ...

and

Francis Blanche François Jean Blanche, known as "Francis Blanche" (20 July 1921 – 6 July 1974) was a French actor, singer, humorist and author. He was a very popular figure on stage, radio and in films, during the 1950s and 1960s. Early life Blanche was ...

played in the ''Chipolata 58'' show The famous play '' Boeing-Boeing'' by Marc Camoletti was premiered in this theatre on 10 December 1960 and performed here until 1980 before it was moved to the théâtre Michel. Since then, it has been performed about everywhere in the world

References

Theatres in Paris Buildings and structures in the 9th arrondissement of Paris {{theatre-stub