Théâtre du Palais-Royal (rue Saint-Honoré)
Jacques Lemercier
alias Great Hall of the Palais-Cardinal, Salle du Palais-Royal202 Rue Saint-Honoré | |
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The first theatre of this name was a priyate playhouse in the home of Cardinal Richelieu. Long and narrow, it was splendidly decorated, held about 600 people, and its stage was equipped with all the latest Italian machinery. It was formally inaugurated on 14 Jan. 1641 with a spectacular performance of Desmarets's Mirame in the presence of Louis XIII and his Court. After Richelieu's death in the following year the theatre became the property of the King and was used intermittently for Court entertainments until 1660, when it was given to Moliere in place of the demolished Petit-Bourbon. Ten years later it was rebuilt and enlarged and equipped with the new machinery necessary for spectacular productions of opera. It reopened with Moliere's Psyche (1671), and he continued to play there until his death in 1673. Lully, who held a monopoly of music in France, immediately claimed the Palais-Royal for his new Academy of Music, and it was so called until it was burnt down in 1763. Rebuilt, it was again destroyed by fire in 1781.
In: Hartnoll, Phyllis, ed. The concise Oxford companion to the theatre. 1st ed. London: Oxford University Press, 1972. ISBN 0-19-281102-9. p. 412
Author: Hartnoll Phyllis
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