The Théâtre de Paris is a theatre located at 15, rue Blanche in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. It includes a second smaller venue, the Petit Théâtre de Paris.

History

The first theatre on the site was built by the

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in 1730. Baron Ogny bought it in 1779 and renamed it Folie-Richelieu. Then during the

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it was directed by Fortunée Hamelin, a celebrated member of the ''Merveilleuses'' ("marvelous women") of the

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era. In 1811, the Folie-Richelieu was transformed into a park, then demolished completely in 1851 in the redevelopment under

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. It became the site of the church of Sainte-Trinité de Paris with part of the site becoming a

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rink. In 1880, using plans by the architects Aimé Sauffroy and Ferdinand Grémailly, part of the rink became the Palace Théâtre and, after a further restoration in 1891 by Édouard Niermans, the

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. After that, the rest of the rink, near the present rue Blanche, was demolished to make way for the Nouveau-Théâtre. Nadar, Félix - Gabrielle Réjane (1856-1920)

Nadar, Félix - Gabrielle Réjane (1856-1920)

The first director of the Nouveau-Théâtre, was

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, who, from 1888 to 1890, had been an actor in the

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company founded by

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. After fulfilling four months of military service in early 1891, Lugné-Poe joined

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's eclectic Théâtre d'Art, which, from 1890 to 1892, presented poetry recitations, dramatic work by Marlowe, Shelley, and Hugo, as well as new plays by

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, and especially

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(''The Intruder'', ''The Blind''). When Fort left the enterprise at the start of 1893, Lugné-Poe assumed control, renamed it the

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, and pursued aggressively Symbolist programming to rival Antoine's more Naturalistic offerings. Although Antoine had been the first to introduce Paris audiences to the modern drama of

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( ''Ghosts'', 1890; ''

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'', 1891), and Fort had produced ''

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'' in 1892, starring Lugné-Poe as Wangel, it was Lugné-Poe who would make Ibsen his specialty in Paris theatre, premiering (and often starring in) nine Ibsen plays between 1893 and 1897.

Lugné-Poe at the Nouveau-Théâtre

Like Paul Fort before him, Lugné-Poe never had a permanent theatre to serve as his company's home stage for the entire run of its initial art-theatre experiment. The Théâtre de l'Œuvre debuted with Maeterlinck's '' Pelléas et Mélisande'' for a single matinée performance at the

Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens The Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens () is a Parisian theatre founded in 1855 by the composer Jacques Offenbach for the performance of opéra bouffe and operetta. The current theatre is located in the 2nd arrondissement at 4 rue Monsigny with a ...

in May 1893, but the six engagements in his next season occurred at the distant

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, where he premiered Ibsen's ''

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'', '' An Enemy of the People'', and ''

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'', Gerhart Hauptmann's ''Lonely Lives'', and Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's ''Beyond Human Power'', among others. For the May 1894 production of

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and

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' ''Sleeping Beauty'', however, he secured Nouveau-Théâtre's space for the first time. Though he concluded the season with

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's ''

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'' at the newly built Comédie-Parisienne (later known as Louis Jouvet's

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), he quickly assumed the directorship of Nouveau-Théâtre for most of the 1894-95 season. There he premiered Maeterlinck's adaptation of

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's '' 'Tis Pity She's a Whore'' (''Annabella''), Beaubourg's ''The Mute Voice'', Strindberg's '' The Father'',

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's '' The Little Clay Cart'', and Maeterlinck's ''

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'', among others. While his May 1895 productions (including Ibsen's ''

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'') were staged at the Théâtre des Menus-Plaisirs, he returned to Nouveau-Théâtre to conclude the season with Ibsen's ''

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''. The 1895-96 season found residence at two locations. Lugné-Poe staged the first half of the season back at the Comédie-Parisienne, with a line-up that included

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's ''

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'',

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's '' The Ring of Shakuntalā'', and

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's '' Salome''. The second half, however, starting in March 1896, began over two-years' residency for the Théâtre de l'Œuvre at Nouveau-Théâtre. Most notably, they premiered Ibsen's ''

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'' (22-23 June 1896) and ''

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'' (11-12 November 1896);

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's ''

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'' (9-10 December 1896); Bjørnson's sequel to ''Beyond Human Power'' (25-26 January 1897); Hauptmann's fairy drama ''

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'' (4-5 March 1897); Bataille's ''Your Blood'' (7-8 May 1897); Ibsen's '' Love's Comedy'' (22-23 June 1897) and ''

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'' (8-9 November 1897);

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's '' The Inspector General'' (7-8 January 1898); and

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's '' Aert'' (2-3 May 1898) and ''The Wolves'' (18 May 1898). For their last season, the Théâtre de l'Œuvre gave two undistinguished premieres—Paul Sonniès' ''

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'' (15-16 May 1899) and Lucien Mayrargue's ''The Yoke'' (5-6 June 1899)—preferring to hold the much anticipated revival of ''An Enemy of the People'' at the grander Théâtre de la Renaissance in February. Lugné-Poe's last productions for the company were done at the very theatre where the Théâtre de l'Œuvre had begun in 1893 with ''Pelléas et Mélisande'': the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens. Lugné-Poe had successfully established the Nouveau-Théâtre as the site for daring, challenging, and at times outrageous modern drama.

Réjane's Artistic Direction

In 1906, the actress

Gabrielle Réjane Gabrielle Réjane (), ''née'' Gabrielle Charlotte Réju (6 June 1856 – 14 June 1920), was a French actress of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The daughter of a former actor, Réjane studied at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'ar ...

bought the theater, renovated it and gave it a new name, the Théâtre Réjane. She produced among other works the French premiere of Maeterlinck's '' L'oiseau bleu'' in 1911 and successfully played her signature role of '' Madame Sans-Gêne'' by

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at the theatre. The producer Léon Volterra bought the hall in 1918, and on 12 August 1919, he inaugurated the Théâtre de Paris, Réjane having stipulated in the sales contract that the theater could not retain her name. Volterra ran the theatre until 1948, when it was taken over by Marcel Karsenty and the comedian

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. The actress and director

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took over in 1955 along with Hubert de Mallet, managing it for ten years, before she left to the

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. Under Alain de Leseleuc (1965–1975) and Robert Hossein (1975–1990) the theatre specialized in musical works, particularly Offenbach

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s and opéras-bouffes, such as ''

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'' directed by Maurice Lehmann, ''

La belle Hélène ''La belle Hélène'' (, ''The Beautiful Helen'') is an opéra bouffe in three acts, with music by Jacques Offenbach and words by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. The piece parodies the story of Helen of Troy, Helen's elopement with Paris (myt ...

'' directed by

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, and ''

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'' directed by

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. It also produced musicals like '' Starmania'' and ''

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''. Since January 2002, Stéphane Hillel has been artistic director of both theatres.

Petit Théâtre de Paris

Elvira Popescu created a second venue with 300 seats, converted from costume workshops, which she first called the Théâtre Moderne before renaming it the Petit Théâtre de Paris. Today this second performance space bears the name "Salle Réjane."

Premières and notable productions

Nouveau-Théâtre

*1892: ''Rabelais'', play by

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*1894: ''Nos bons chasseurs'', vaudeville by

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, text by

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and

Michel Carré Michel Carré (20 October 1821, Besançon – 27 June 1872, Argenteuil) was a prolific French librettist. He went to Paris in 1840 intending to become a painter but took up writing instead. He wrote verse and plays before turning to writing libre ...

*1897: ''Brouillard du matin'', play by

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*1906: ''Le Réformateur'', play by Edouard Rod (Notable premieres at Nouveau-Théâtre, presented by Lugné-Poe's Théâtre de l'Œuvre) *1894: ''

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'', tragedy in three acts by

*1895: '' The Little Clay Cart'', drama in five acts by

*1895: '' Intérieur'' by

*1895: ''

'', play in five acts by

*1896: '' Les Soutiens de la Société'', play in four acts by

*1896: ''

'', drama in five acts by

*1896: ''

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*1897: ''

'', drama in four acts by

Théâtre Réjane

*1908: ''Qui perd gagne'', play by

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*1911: ''

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'', opera by

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(first modern staged performanceFortune and Whenham, "Modern editions and performances" pp. 173–181)

Théâtre de Paris

*1929–1931: ''Trilogie marseillaise'' (first two parts: Marius and Fanny) by

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, with Orane Demazis,

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and

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*1948: ''Tovaritch'' by Jacques Deval, with Elvira Popesco *1956: '' Tea and Sympathy'' by Robert Anderson, with

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*1961: '' 'Tis Pity She's a Whore'' by

, directed by

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, with

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and Alain Delon *1962: ''

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'' by

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, directed by

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, with

*1967: ''

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'' by

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, directed by Sacha Pitoëff, with

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*1989: ''Cats'' by Andrew Lloyd Webber directed by

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, produced by Mel Howard *1993: ''Tailleur pour dames'' by

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, with

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*1998: ''Variations énigmatiques'' by

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, with Alain Delon *1999: ''Les portes du ciel'' by

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, with

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*1999: '' One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' after the film by

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References

* *Goetschel, Pascale and Yon, Jean-Claude: ''Directeurs de théâtre, XIXe–XXe siècles: Histoire d'une profession'', Sorbonne, 2008 * Hobson, Harold: ''French Theatre Today'' 1953, Arno Press *Labourdette, Jean-Paul: ''Le Petit Futé Paris Spectacles'' p 134 :''This article includes information translated from the

French Wikipedia The French Wikipedia (french: Wikipédia en français) is the French-language edition of Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia. This edition was started on 23 March 2001, two months after the official creation of Wikipedia. It has article ...

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