Matériau Tchekhov : un théâtre à s’approprier
Tchekhov à la Comédie-Française
La « pièce écossaise » et autres superstitions théâtrales
Petite galerie théâtrale de la laideur
Les formes théâtrales « tout public » à la Comédie-Française
A farewell night for Louis Seigner, the last such held at the Comédie-Française. "The farewell night is a right given to the Sociétaires following a continuous service of 30 years. It is also a privilege to be enjoyed only if their reputation justifies it". (Pierre Dux)
In 1682, the company decided to hold a bi-monthly assembly and to compensate the regular attendance of the actors by handing out attendance compensation in silver. The assembly of the 26th of April 1683 concluded that "those actresses whose husbands are actors shall no longer attend the assemblies but shall continue to receive their compensation".
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Beaumarchais triumphs with The Marriage of Figaro, the foreteller of the Revolution. Excited by the long-running rumours on the piece, the audience broke through the gates of the theatre. All of Paris is there to meet Figaro.
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Entry onto the repertoire of Naomi Wallace's One Flea Spare. She is the first American playwright to enter the Repertoire during her lifetime.
In this world, one must be a little too good in order to be good enough. (Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard)
What's in a name? That which we call a rose, By any other name would smell as sweet. (Roméo and Juliet, II, 2)
She kissed me in my bed !… and I was sleeping under the couch !… (La dame de chez Maxim, I, 4)
On some preference esteem is based; To esteem everything is to esteem nothing. (Le Misanthrope, I, 1)
To be or not to be, that is the question. (Hamlet, 1601, III, 1)
Self-love is the source of all our other loves. (Tite et Bérénice, 1670, II, 3)
Virtue is debased by self-justification (Oedipe, 1718, II, IV)
To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory. (Le Cid, 1636, II, 2)
Reason and love are sworn enemies. (La Veuve, 1631, II, 3)
Husbands wear a mask to the world, and make a face to their wives. (Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard)
Security and discretion ! Hôtel du Libre-Échange, 220, Provence Street ! Recommended for maried couples... together or separately ! (L'Hôtel du libre-Échange)
The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; It is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself (Le Misanthrope, II, 4)
I loved him too much not to hate him at all! (Andromaque, II, 1)
We die only once, and for such a long time! (Le Dépit Amoureux, V, 4)
I always make the first verse well, but I have trouble making the others. (Les Précieuses Ridicules, 1659, I, 11)
I prefer an accommodating vice To an obstinate virtue. (Amphitryon, 1666, I, 4)
I want to be a good man, isn't it a great plan ? (L'Ile des esclaves, I, 10)
Man is free at the instant he wants to be. (Brutus, 1730 II, 1)
It is better to risk sparing a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one. (Zadig, 1747)
Love is a tyrant, sparing none. (Le Cid, 1636, I, 2)
There are no secrets that time does not reveal. (Britannicus, 1669, IV, 4)
Today, let us make haste to enjoy life. Who knows if we will be tomorrow? (Athalie, II, 9)
I embrace my rival, but only to strangle him. (Britannicus, 1669, IV, 3)
All that is not prose is verse; and all that is not verse is prose. (Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, 1670, II, 4)
En raison des mesures de sécurité renforcées dans le cadre du plan Vigipirate « Urgence attentat », nous vous demandons de vous présenter 30 minutes avant le début de la représentation afin de faciliter le contrôle.
Nous vous rappelons également qu’un seul sac (de type sac à main, petit sac à dos) par personne est admis dans l’enceinte des trois théâtres de la Comédie-Française. Tout spectateur se présentant muni d’autres sacs (sac de courses, bagage) ou objets encombrants, se verra interdire l’entrée des bâtiments.
