The Théâtre Fémina or Salle Fémina was an entertainment venue located at 90 avenue des Champs-Élysées in the

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. It was inside the Hôtel Fémina, designed by the architect .R. 1907, p. 460.

History

Based in the building of the publishing company of Pierre Lafitte, owner of the '' Femina'' magazine (hence the name), the room was inaugurated on 19 March 1907. Until 1911, it housed Lugné-Poe and his Théâtre de l'Œuvre, before turning towards the light and operetta repertoire. It would close its doors in 1929, after the parent company has been sold in 1916 to 1918 to the

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group.

Direction

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* Lucien Richemont

Productions

* 1907: ''La Tragédie florentine'' by

Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s. He is ...

, directed by Lugné-Poe * 1907: ''Philista'' by Georges Battanchon, directed by Lugné-Poe * 1907: ''Le Droit au bonheur'' by

Camille Lemonnier Antoine Louis Camille Lemonnier (24 March 1844 – 13 June 1913) was a Belgian writer, poet and journalist. He was a member of the Symbolist ''La Jeune Belgique'' group, but his best known works are realist. His first work was ''Salon de Bruxelle ...

and Pierre Soulaine, directed by Lugné-Poe * 1907: ''Un rien'' de F. Valloton, directed by Lugné-Poe * 1907: ''À qui le tour ?'' by

André de Lorde André de Latour, comte de Lorde (1869–1942) was a French playwright, the main author of the Grand Guignol plays from 1901 to 1926. His evening career was as a dramatist of terror; during daytimes he worked as a librarian in the Bibliothèque d ...

and Jean Marsèle, comedy in 1 act (10 may) * 1907: ''Le Baptême'' by

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and

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, directed by Lugné-Poe, play in 3 acts (26 November) * 1907: ''Mendès est dans la salle'' by Léo Marchès and

Clément Vautel Clément Vautel, pen name of Clément-Henri Vaulet (31 January 1876 – 23 December 1954) was a journalist, novelist and playwright of Belgian origin, naturalized French (1897).According to the bibliographic notice published in ) Biography Clé ...

, directed by Lugné-Poe * 1908: ''Les Jumeaux de Brighton'' by Tristan Bernard, 3-act play (16 March) * 1908: ''L'Invitation à l'amour'' by Georges Loiseau, 1-act comedy (12 May) * 1908: ''Chérubin'' by

Francis de Croisset Francis de Croisset (; born Franz Wiener, 28 January 1877 – 8 November 1937) was a Belgian-born French playwright and opera librettist. Early life Born as Franz Wiener, he was educated in Brussels on 28 January 1877 into a prominent Jewish-Bel ...

, comedy in 3 acts (15 May) * 1908: ''L'Angoisse'' by François de Nion, comedy in 3 acts (19 May) * 1908: ''L'Engagement'' by Augustin de Riberolles, comédie de salon (27 May) * 1908: ''La Maison en ordre'' by

Arthur Wing Pinero Sir Arthur Wing Pinero (24 May 185523 November 1934) was an English playwright and, early in his career, actor. Pinero was drawn to the theatre from an early age, and became a professional actor at the age of 19. He gained experience as a supp ...

* 1908: ''La Loi'' by Daniel Jourda, directed by Lugné-Poe * 1908: ''Vae Victis'' by Marguerite Duterme, directed by Lugné-Poe * 1908: ''Les Amours d'Ovide'' by André Mouëzy-Éon, directed by Lugné-Poe * 1908: ''Elektra'' by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, directed by Lugné-Poe * 1908: ''Le Jeu de la morale et du hasard'' by Tristan Bernard, directed by Lugné-Poe * 1908: ''Le Libertaire'' by Olivier de Tréville, comedy in 1 act (6 November) * 1908: ''Au temps des fées'' by

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, one-act play, spectacle du théâtre de l'Œuvre (26 November) * 1908: ''Elektra'' by Hugo von Hofmannsthal (26 November) * 1908: ''PLe Tasse'' by

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, drama in 5 acts, 3 December) * 1908: ''La Madone'' by

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, directed by Lugné-Poe, 2 acts (8 December) * 1908: ''Les Vieux'' by

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and Frédéric Saisset after Ignasi Iglesias, directed by Lugné-Poe (8 December) * 1908: ''La Dame qui n'est plus aux camélias'' by

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, directed by Lugné-Poe * 1909: ''Perce-Neige et les Sept Gnomes'' by

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after Grimm, directed by Lugné-Poe (1 February) * 1909: ''L'Étau'' by André Sardou, play in 3 acts (4 April) * 1909: ''La Chaîne'' by M. Level and J. Monnier, directed by Lugné-Poe * 1909: ''Le Fardeau de la liberté'' by Tristan Bernard, directed by Lugné-Poe * 1910: ''Fatalité !'' by Charlie d'Allegh and Paul Valdour, one-act play (18 March) * 1910: ''Bigre !'', revue in 2 acts and 4 tableaux dy

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and

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(7 June) * 1910: '' La Sonate à Kreutzer'' by

and

after Léon Tolstoï, directed by Lugné-Poe * 1910: ''Le Mauvais Grain'' by

, directed by Lugné-Poe * 1910: ''Le Poupard'' by Jean Bouvelet and Henry Bouvelet, directed by Lugné-Poe * 1911: ''Malazarte'' by

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, directed by Lugné-Poe (19 February) * 1911: ''Bellone et Cupidon'' by Martin-Valdour and Charles Gallo, comedy in 1 act (23 February) * 1911: ''Impressions d'Afrique'', play in 4 acts by Raymond Roussel after his novel (30 September) * 1911: '' Mais n'te promène donc pas toute nue !'' by Georges Feydeau (25 November) * 1911: ''Le Diamant'', comedy in 2 acts by Camille Le Senne and Léon Guillot de Saix after Carmonselle * 1912: ''Bianca Capello'', drama in 4 acts and 8 tableaux by Camille Le Senne and Léon Guillot de Saix (16 February) * 1912: ''L'Enjôleuse'', comedy in 3 acts by Xavier Roux and Maurice Sergine (10 October) * 1912: ''Tu vas un peu fort !'', comedy in 1 act by Louis Verneuil (21 November) * 1913: ''L'Épate'', comedy in 3 acts by

and (25 January) * 1913: ''Eh ! Eh !'', revue in 2 acts by Rip and

(5 April) * 1913: ''Cœur de femme'', comedy in 3 acts by Jean Conti * 1913: ''Alsace'' by Gaston Leroux and Lucien Camille (10 January) * 1913: ''Les Travaux d'Hercule'', opéra-bouffe in 3 acts by

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and

Robert de Flers Robert Pellevé de La Motte-Ango, marquis de Flers (25 November 1872, Pont-l'Évêque, Calvados – 30 July 1927, Vittel) was a French playwright, opera librettist, and journalist.Pierre Barillet, ''Les Seigneurs du rire: Flers – Caillavet – ...

, music by

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* 1913: ''Paraphe Ier'', comedy in 3 acts by Louis Bénière (22 November) * 1913: ''Un jeune homme qui se tue'', comedy in 4 acts de Georges Berr (19 December) * 1914: ''Nocturne'', comedy in 1 act by

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(3 March) * 1914: ''Très moutarde'', revue by

and

(3 April) * 1914: ''Don Juan'', fantaisie poétique et musicale in 2 tableaux by

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(9 June) * 1917 : ''La Légende de France'', spectacle au profit du Secours de guerre (21 January) * 1918: ''La Fausse Ingénue'',

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in 2 acts by Michel Carré, music by

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(16 March) * 1919: ''Atavisme'', drama in 1 act by

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and Georges de Wissant * 1919: ''La Marche à l'étoile'', revue in 2 acts by Paul Marinier, Roger Ferréol, Charles-Alexis Carpentier (8 April) * 1919: ''Souris d'hôtel'', comedy in 4 acts by

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and

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(13 October) * 1919: ''Triplepatte'', comedy in 5 acts by Tristan Bernard and André Godfernaux (18 December) * 1920: ''

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'', comedy in 3 acts by Louis Verneuil (24 February) * 1920: ''Une faible femme'', comedy in 3 acts by Jacques Deval (12 May) * 1920: ''Ma femme et son mari'', comedy in 3 acts by Lucien Mayrargue and Maxime Carel (6 July) * 1921: ''La Chauve-Souris'', compagnie théâtrale by

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(March–June) * 1921: ''Sin'' féerie chinoise by

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(15 October) * 1922: ''Un chien dans un jeu de quilles'' comedy in 3 acts by

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and Raymond Silva (19 January) * 1922: '' Le Prince travesti'' by Marivaux (21 February) * 1922: ''Le Reflet'', play in 4 acts by

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(9 June) * 1922: ''Annabella'',

in 3 acts by

, music by

(8 November) * 1923: ''La Chauve-Souris'' compagnie théâtrale by

* 1923: ''L'Homme enchaîné'', play in 3 acts by Édouard Bourdet (7 novembre) * 1924: ''Le Printemps des autres'' by Jean-Jacques Bernard, directed by Lugné-Poe * 1925: Troupe ''Les Macdona Players'', plays by George Bernard Shaw (January) * 1925: ''Le Bel Amour'' by Edmond Sée, play in 3 acts (2 February) * 1925: ''Une femme'', comedy in 4 acts by

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(14 March) * 1925: ''Un ménage à la page'', comedy in 3 acts by Raoul Praxy (14 July) * 1925: Troupe de Gregorio Martinez-Sierra (October) * 1925: ''L'Homme d'un soir'', comedy in 3 acts and 4 tableaux by

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and Charles Lafaurie (15 October) * 1926: ''L'Absolution'' by

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and Emmanuel Bourcier * 1926: ''Une mesure pour rien'', esquisse dramatique by Jean-Pierre Liausu (26 June) * 1927: ''Oidipous'', tragedy in 5 acts by Raymond Duncan (6 April) * 1927: ''L'Eunuque'', comedy in 3 acts by

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and

André Birabeau André Birabeau (6 December 1890 – 1 October 1974) was a French novelist, playwright and screenwriter. Novels and short stories * ''La débauche'' (1924), English trans. ''Revelation'' (1930). Cited as the first novel about a homosexual man f ...

* 1927: ''L'École de jazz'', comedy in 4 acts by

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and Dal Médico after ''Dancing Mothers'' by

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and Edmund Goulding (21 October) * 1928: ''L'Enfant prodigue'', pantomime by Michel Carré (21 May) * 1928: ''Neuf'', comedy in 4 acts by Lucien Mayrargue (1 September) * 1928: ''La Guêpe'' comedy in 3 acts by

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(4 October) * 1928: ''The Inca of Perusalem'' by George Bernard Shaw (29 December) * 1929: ''Fragile'' by

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* 1929: ''En eau trouble'', comedy en 3 acts by André-Marie Gossart and André Richard (February) * 1929: ''Trio'', comedy in 3 acts by Albert Sablons after the novel by

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(22 February) * 1929: ''Le roi boit'', comedy in 3 acts by Raoul Praxy (25 June) * 1929: ''Les Transfuges'', play in 4 acts by

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(22 October) * 1929: ''The Road to Rome'' by Robert Emmett Sherwood (22 November) * 1929: ''The Torch Bearers'' by George Kelly (7 December) * 1929: ''The Barker'' by

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(23 December)

Gallery

File:Concert announcement for the Salle Fémina in Paris, 26 May 1908 – Le Guide musical – Google Books 2006.jpg, Announcement for the Orchestre des

Concerts Lamoureux The Orchestre Lamoureux () officially known as the Société des Nouveaux-Concerts and also known as the Concerts Lamoureux) is an orchestral concert society which once gave weekly concerts by its own orchestra, founded in Paris by Charles Lamoureu ...

conducted by

Gabriel Fauré Gabriel Urbain Fauré (; 12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers ...

and

Louis Hasselmans Louis Hasselmans (25 July 1878 – 27 December 1957) was a French cellist and conductor. Biography The son of harpist Alphonse Hasselmans, Louis Hasselmans studied the cello with Jules Desart at the Conservatoire de Paris. He obtained a Fir ...

, 1908 File:Programme Fémina Paris 1911.jpg, Program for a dance performance by Loie Fuller in 1911 File:Hôtel Fémina in 'La Construction moderne' 1907 p461 (basement-floor plan) – Google Books 2014.jpg, Theatre plan File:Hôtel Fémina in 'La Construction moderne' 1907 p461 (ground-floor plan) – Google Books 2014.jpg, Theatre plan at balcony level

References

Bibliography

* Chauveau, Philippe (1999). ''Les théâtres parisiens disparus, 1402–1986''. Paris: Éditions de l'Amandier. . * R., A. L. (1907). "Hôtel Fémina aux Champs Élysées", ''La Construction moderne'', vol. 22
no. 39 (29 June 1907), pp. 460–465no. 40 (6 July 1907), pp. 472–475
an
plates 96–100
(at Google Books).

External links

Le théâtre Femina sur ''Les Archives du spectacle''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Theatre Femina Paris Femina Buildings and structures in the 8th arrondissement of Paris