Théâtre du Gymnase Marie Bell

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Adolph von Menzel

(1856).

The Théâtre du Gymnase or Théâtre du Gymnase Marie Bell, is a theatre in

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History

Inaugurated on December 23, 1820 by Delestre-Poirson, the théâtre du Gymnase came to serve as a training-theatre for students of the conservatoire, where they could appear solely in one-act plays or adaptations of longer plays into one-act plays.

Poirson quickly added two-act plays to the theatre's repertoire, then 3-act plays, and drew up an exclusive contract with

, the theatre was granted the title of théâtre de Madame.

Closed for renovation in 1830, the theatre reopened after the July Revolution under the name Gymnase Dramatique.

In 1844,

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In 1926, the playwright Henri Bernstein became theatre director and there put on his most famous works - Samson, La Rafaie, La Galerie des Glaces, Mélo, Le Bonheur and Le Messager.

Since 1939, the Gymnase has produced several works by Marcel Pagnol, Jean Cocteau, Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon, Sacha Guitry, Félicien Marceau and Jean Genet. The tragic actress Marie Bell took over as the theatre's director in 1962, and starred in a particularly famous production of Racine's Phèdre there.

In 2014, French baritone

References

External links

• Théâtre du Gymnase Marie Bell - official site

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