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thermidor Thermidor () was the eleventh month in the French Republican Calendar. The month was named after the French word ''thermal'', derived from the Greek word "thermos" (''heat''). Thermidor was the second month of the summer quarter (''mois d'ét� ...

year 15 (29 July 1807), Napoleon I of France signed a decree reducing the number of theatres in

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to eight, giving the force of law to a decree of the interior minister of 25 April that same year. This measure cut short an expansion in theatres. Following is a list of the theatres that remained. ''Grands théâtres'' * Théâtre Français (Théâtre de S.M. l'Empereur), reserved for tragedy and comedy; * Théâtre de l'Impératrice, as an annex of the Théâtre Français; *

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(Académie impériale de Musique), for song and dance; *

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, for ''comédies ou drames mêlés de couplets, d'ariettes et de morceaux d'ensemble.'' ''Théâtres secondaires'' *

Théâtre du Vaudeville The Théâtre du Vaudeville was a theatre company in Paris. It opened on 12 January 1792 on rue de Chartres. Its directors, Piis and Barré, mainly put on "petites pièces mêlées de couplets sur des airs connus", including vaudevilles. Af ...

, reserved for ''petites pièces mêlées de couplets sur des airs connus''; *

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, for repertoire made up of ''petites pièces dans le genre grivois, poissard ou villageois''; *

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, for melodrama and spectaculars; * Théâtre de la Gaîté, for ''

pantomime Pantomime (; informally panto) is a type of musical comedy stage production designed for family entertainment. It was developed in England and is performed throughout the United Kingdom, Ireland and (to a lesser extent) in other English-speaking ...

s de tous genres, mais sans

ballet Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of ...

s, aux arlequinades et autres farces, dans le goût de celles données autrefois par Nicolet.'' The decree did not remain in force after Napoleon's fall in 1814.

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