Théâtre des Variétés was a theatre in

Iași Iași ( , , ; also known by other alternative names), also referred to mostly historically as Jassy ( , ), is the second largest city in Romania and the seat of Iași County. Located in the historical region of Moldavia, it has traditionally ...

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, founded in 1832 and closed in 1869.N.A. Bogdan, Orașul Iași: Monografie istorică și socială, ilustrată, 1913; reeditată la Ed. Tehnopress, Iași, 2004. It was the first permanent public theatre in Iași and in all the

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. Theatre was very popular and successful in Iași. Theatre plays were arranged by amateur theatre societies among the aristocracy in the early 19th century. A theatre building was built for a professional theatre company active in the city, managed by the brothers Baptiste and Joseph Foureaux, and inaugurated on 4 December 1832. The theatre building was shared with other theatre companies performing in the city. In 1840, the

Iași National Theatre The Iași National Theatre (or Vasile Alecsandri National Theater; in Romanian: Teatrul Național Vasile Alecsandri) in Iași, Romania, is the oldest national theatre and one of the most prestigious theatrical institutions in Romania. In 1956, it ...

was founded and from 1846 housed in the Copou Theatre. The Théâtre des Variétés burned down in 1869.

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