The Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques () was a theatre in

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in the 19th and 20th centuries. Opened first in 1832 in the site of the old Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique on the Boulevard du Temple, under Frédérick Lemaître it became a noted venue for the genre of mélodrame.’L'encyclopédie multimedia de la comédie musicale théâtrale en France (1918-1940)’ (http://comedie-musicale.jgana.fr/index.htm), accessed 14.01.10. In 1862, the theatre moved to the rue de Bondy and the repertoire developed more in the field of operetta, ''

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'' by Charles Lecocq in 1873, '' Les cloches de Corneville'' by Robert Planquette in 1877, '' Madame Favart'', by

Jacques Offenbach Jacques Offenbach (; 20 June 18195 October 1880) was a German-born French composer, cellist and impresario. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s to the 1870s, and his uncompleted opera ''The Tales of Hoffmann''. He was a p ...

in 1878, '' La fille du tambour-major'' by Offenbach in 1879, '' La fauvette du temple'' by André Messager in 1885, '' La Béarnaise'' by Messager in 1887 and '' Surcouf'' by Robert Planquette in October of the same year being among the premieres seen at the theatre. Other operettas and light operas were revived along with many vaudevilles. The French version of '' Rip'' was given at the Folies-Dramatiques in 1884.Recorded in editions of Noel E & Stoullig E. '' Les Annales du Théâtre et de la Musique'', G Charpentier et Cie, Paris. In the 1920s, the Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques saw a succession of musical comedies: ''Le Mariage de Pyramidon'' (1923), ''Le Rosier'' (1924), ''Le Million du Bouif'' (1924), ''Micheline'' (1924), ''Le Tour du monde d'une midinette'' (1924), ''Ernest'' (1924), ''Maurin des Maures'' (1925) and ''Souris blonde'' (1926). In the 1930s, the theatre turned into a cinema.

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{{Authority control Former theatres in Paris 11th arrondissement of Paris Theatres completed in 1832 Theatres completed in 1862 1862 establishments in France