Inside Photo of Theatre des Varietes
The theatre des Varietes is a theatre and “salle de spectacles” at 7, boulevard Montmartre, 2nd arrondissement, in Paris. It was declared a monument historique in 1975.
History
It owes its creation to Marguerite Brunet, called Mlle Montansier. Imprisoned for debt in 1803 and frowned upon by the government, a decree of 1806 ordered her company to leave the Theatre du Palais-Royal which then bore the name of “Varietes”. The decree’s aim was to move out Montansier’s troupe to make room for the company from the neighbouring Theatre-Français, which had stayed empty even as the Varietes-Montansier had enjoyed immense public favour. Strongly unhappy about having to leave the theatre by 1 January 1807, the 77 year old Montansier gained an audience with Napoleon himself and received his help and protection. She thus reunited the “Societe des Cinq”, which directed her troupe, in order to found a new theatre, the one which stands at the side of the passage des Panoramas. It was inaugurated on 24 June 1807. (Text Source: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia)
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