Théâtre du Petit-Bourbon

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Théâtre du Petit-Bourbon

theater, Paris, France

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Giacomo Torelli
There Torelli equipped the Théâtre du Petit-Bourbon in Paris with numerous devices such as the first effective machinery for rapid changes of heavy sets, which greatly encouraged the development of elaborate stage effects. Among his triumphs in Paris was the operatic production of Andromède (1650) by Pierre Corneille. Torelli…
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There Torelli equipped the Théâtre du Petit-Bourbon in Paris with numerous devices such as the first effective machinery for rapid changes of heavy sets, which greatly encouraged the development of elaborate stage effects. Among his triumphs in Paris was the operatic production of Andromède (1650) by Pierre Corneille. Torelli…
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Molière
Early life and beginnings in theater
…had its premiere at the Théâtre du Petit-Bourbon, a great house adjacent to the Louvre. The Petit-Bourbon was demolished (apparently without notice), and the company moved early in 1661 to a hall in the Palais-Royal, built as a theater by Richelieu. Here it was that all Molière’s Paris plays were…
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…had its premiere at the Théâtre du Petit-Bourbon, a great house adjacent to the Louvre. The Petit-Bourbon was demolished (apparently without notice), and the company moved early in 1661 to a hall in the Palais-Royal, built as a theater by Richelieu. Here it was that all Molière’s Paris plays were…
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