Venue in Paris, France
Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse.
The Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse is a venue situated at 26, rue de la Gaîté, in the
Montparnasse quarter of Paris, in the
14th arrondissement . It opened in 1868 and seats 399 people.
In addition to functioning as a popular
café-concert venue for many decades, it evolved into a legitimate theatre, offering not only commercial plays but also, by the end of the nineteenth century, occasional new experimentalist plays of the Independent Theatre movement. One such effort was
Paul Fort 's
Théâtre d'Art disappointing presentation, on 5 February 1892, of a French translation of Marlowe's
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus .
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Productions since 1946
1946 :
Victor ou les enfants au pouvoir by
Roger Vitrac with
Juliette Gréco .
1958 :
Douze hommes en colère by
Reginald Rose , after the scenario of the
Sidney Lumet film
1959 : Bon week-end Monsieur Benett with
Denise Grey and
Henri Guisol .
1960 : Sugar Plum by
Israël Horovitz with
Laurent Terzieff .
1962 : Lieutenant Tenant then L'avenir est dans les Œufs by
Eugène Ionesco , design by
Jean-Marie Serreau .
1963 : La crécelle with
Claude Rich and
Jacqueline Gauthier .
1965 : Le goûter des généraux by
Boris Vian .
1966 : Le knack by Ann Jellicoe with
Bernard Fresson and
Monique Tarbès .
1968 : La famille Tott with
Michel Galabru and
Colette Castel .
1969 :
Un jour dans la mort de Joe Egg by
Peter Nichols with
Jean Rochefort , and
Marthe Keller .
1971 : Le précepteur by R.Lenz
1972 : Un pape à New-York with
Jean-Pierre Marielle and
Nelly Borgeaud .
1973 : Butley with
Bernard Fresson and
Gérard Lartigau .
1974 : Pol by Alain Didier Weill.
1977 : Elles, Steffy, Pomme, Jeanne and Vivi with
Anémone ,
Dominique Labourier and
Viviane Elbaz .
From 1978, double shows of 20 hours and 22 hours were instituted, in which variétés and theatre alternated. These include :
1982 : Vive les femmes by
Jean-Marc Reiser , design by
Claude Confortès , with
Maurice Risch ,
Pauline Lafont and
Roland Giraud .
1983 : Chienne Dactylographe by G.Roignant, design by D. Benoin with J. Dacqmine, and
Hélène Duc
1983 : Des jours and des nuits by
Harold Pinter , design by F.Marthourand with
Bernard Murat .
1983 : La fausse libertine after
Crébillon fils , design by
Jacques Bachelier .
1983 : Comment devenir une mère juive en dix leçons by Paul Fucks, design by Tootie Masson, with
Marthe Villalonga and
André Valardy .
1984 : Chacun pour moi by C.A Augereau, design by Daniel Colas with
Yves Rénier .
1984 : Grand-père by
Rémo Forlani , design by Michel Fagadau with
Victor Lanoux then
Jean-Pierre Darras , and
Nadine Alari .
1985 : Love by Murray Schisgal, with
André Dussolier ,
Patrick Chesnais and
Catherine Rich .
1986 : La gagne by
Michel Fermaud .
1987 : reprise of Bonsoir Maman by Marsha Norman, design by Lars Schmidt with
Françoise Christophe and
Catherine Rich
1987 : L'éloignement de
Loleh Bellon with
Pierre Arditi and
Macha Méril .
1988 : Reprise of
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg in an adaptation by Claude Roy, with
Patrick Chesnais and
Sabine Haudepin .
1988 : Nocturnes after
Stefan Zweig with
Jacques Weber .
1989 : Frédéric Chopin with Eric Berchot at the piano and Philippe Ettesse
1989 : Faut pas tuer maman de
Charlotte Keatley , adaptation by
Marcel Bluwal and Michel Fagadau, design by Michel Fagadau, with
Danièle Lebrun ,
Catherine Frot ,
Viviane Elbaz and
Anouk Grinberg .
1990 : Un œil plus bleu que l'autre by
Évelyne Grandjean with
Jean-Pierre Cassel , and
Dominique Labourier .
1990 (September) : Coiffures pour dames by Robert Harling, adapté par
Claire Nadeau and
Michèle Laroque , design by Stéphane Hillel with
Marthe Villalonga ,
Françoise Christophe ,
Geneviève Fontanel ,
Claire Maurier ,
Michèle Laroque and
Annie Grégorio .
1991 (June) : reprise of Callas by Elizabeth Marocco, mise en scène de Dominique Lardenois.
1991 (October) : reprise of Voltaire and Rousseau by
Jean-François Prévand with
Jean-Paul Farré and
Jean-Luc Moreau .
1992 (January) : Passagères by Daniel Besnehard, design by André Voustinas with Michèle Simonnet,
Valérie Kaprisky , Philippe Delplanche.
1992 (April) : Nina by
André Roussin , design by
Bernard Murat with
Jean Barney ,
Darry Cowl ,
Adriana Asti .
1992 (October) : Confidences pour clarinette by Michel Christofer, mise en scène de
Jean-Luc Moreau with
Pierre-François Roussillon ,
Paule Noelle ,
François Pacôme ,
Jean-Luc Moreau ,
François Perrot .
1992 (December) : La contrebasse by
Patrick Süskind , design by Philippe Ferran, collaboration artistique de
Jean Poiret , with
Jacques Villeret .
1993 (March) : Ce qui arrive and ce qu'on attend by Jean-Marie Besset, design by Patrice Kerbrat, with
Christophe Malavoy ,
Marie-France Pisier ,
Sabine Haudepin ,
Claire Nadeau .
1994 (January) : Tempête sur le pays d'Egypte by Pierre Laville with
Brigitte Fossey and
Manuel Blanc .
1994 (March) :
Oleanna by David Mamand with
Charlotte Gainsbourg (her stage debut) and
Maurice Benichou .
1994 : Singing tour by
Régine .
1995 : La musica deuxième with
Fanny Ardant and
Niels Arestrup .
1996 : "
Robin des Bois d'à peu près
Alexandre Dumas " by
Pierre-François Martin-Laval and
Marina Foïs with
Les Robins des Bois and
Isabelle Nanty .
2002 :
Cravate club by
Fabrice Roger-Lacan , design by
Isabelle Nanty with
Charles Berling ,
Edouard Baer
See also
References
^ Robichez, Jacques. Le Symbolisme au Théâtre: Lugné-Poe et les débuts de l'OEuvre . L'Arche, 1957, pp. 133-34.
External links
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