Comédie-Française

Overview

France's national theatre in Paris, in the Salle Richelieu on the rue de Richelieu, also called the Théâtre-Français. Marie mostly writes «le Français» or «le théâtre Français», sometimes «la Comédie Française». Its general administrator through all the diary's Paris years was Émile Perrin (1814–1885), in office from 8 July 1871 to 8 October 1885 (en.wikipedia «List of administrators of the Comédie-Française»; «Émile Perrin»).

Not to be confused with the Théâtre-Français of Nice, which Marie also calls «le Théâtre Français» (see Théâtre-Français (Nice)).

Relevance to Marie

From 1878 on, an evening «au Français» is part of the family's Paris social round, often in the box of the Gavinis or other friends. The Tuesday subscription nights matter to her: Mme Randouin «nous parlait de ses démarches auprès de M. Perrin pour avoir une loge au Français le mardi» (086.0303, 19 September 1879); «nous menons [le père Gavini] à la Comédie Française pour parler d'un abonnement aux mardis» (085.0636, 6 August 1879).

References in Diary

• First tagged visit: 18 June 1874, «Le village» and «Le sphinx» with Croizette (020.0360; the plays' run at the Théâtre-Français is cited in footnote 020.0360.1).
• 063.0095 (8 July 1876), four short plays «jouées à ravir».
• 073.0243 (31 July 1877), «Le marquis de Villemer».
• 080.0282 (25 May 1878), «Les Fourchambault»; 083.0274 (26 November 1878), «Le Sphynx».
• 084.0650 (11 April 1879), «Ruy Blas»; 086.0546 (17 November 1879), the revival of «Le Mariage de Figaro»; 087.0493 (16 February 1880), première of «Daniel Rochat»; 087.0539 (25 February 1880), «Hernani», 50th anniversary.
• 090.0306 (5 December 1880), «la première de "Jean Beaudry"» (Auguste Vacquerie's Jean Baudry); 091.0553 (2 May 1881), Pailleron's Le Monde où l'on s'ennuie; 092.0364 (8 August 1881), dress rehearsal of «Œdipe roi».
• Other tagged evenings: 078.0500, 078.0518, 083.0435, 083.0463, 084.0548, 086.0591, 086.0720, 087.0101, 089.0126, 090.0160, 090.0174, 090.0281, 091.0461, 098.0528.
• Untagged Paris mentions (candidates): 093.0043 (Chabral, «architecte du théâtre Français», 1 September 1881 — the theatre meant is not certain), 097.0128 and 097.0141 (the 1882 revival of «Le Roi s'amuse»).