Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin
The Théâtre de la Porte Saint -Martin is a Parisian theater on the Boulevard Saint -Martin No. 16 in the 10th arrondissement of Paris. It is since 1992 listed building ( monument historique ). With 1800 seats, it was originally one of the main boulevard theater.
Temporary quarters of the Opéra
The house was built in 1781 allegedly three months to temporarily house the Paris Opera under Nicolas Lenoir, whose buildings had burned down before it was relocated in 1794 in the Rue de Richelieu. The inauguration took place on 27 October, 1781. When the opera was pulled back, the building stood empty for several years and served for political events. In 1799 it was sold by the state.
Boulevard Theatre
On September 30, 1802, the theater was opened under the present name. They played there spectacle pieces, comedies and ballets. Melodramas of Pixérécourt were listed as Robinson Crusoe 1805. Due to the Napoleonic decree theater was closed in 1807 but reopened in 1810 under the name Jeux Gymniques. The license made the theater strong restrictions. There were not more than two speaking actors on the stage are, all other were tolerated only as silent roles. The theater was so not prevail and received in 1814 under new management, a privilege that it the original name and in turn the performance of melodramas allowed: The first listed item was La pie voleuse ( The Thieving Magpie by Louis- Charles Caigniez, submitting to Rossini's opera La gazza ladra ).
The ballets exceeded in quality those of the Opéra. The greatest successes were stylet, les Petites Danaïdes, Trente ans ou la vie d'un joueur. The mime Charles -François Mazurier was one of the best comic dancers and made the theater one of the most visited of the time.
Romantic Drama
The actor Frédérick Lemaître, Bocage, Charles- Gabriel Potier, Mademoiselle George, Marie Dorval made it possible to perform also upscale tragedies in addition to the melodramas. Frédérick Lemaître expanded the repertoire with works by Victor Hugo, Casimir Delavigne, Alexandre Dumas, Honoré de Balzac, George Sand, Victorien Sardou. They played the pieces Marino Faliero, Antony, Richard Dartington, La Tour de Nesle, Marie Tudor, Lucrèce Borgia, so the most important reform dramas of French Romanticism, who had been expelled from the Comédie Française. The theater made it possible to give the equipment the then modern local color. A means of Paul Le Bossu Févals came on September 8, 1862 to the performance.
The Porte Saint -Martin had five or six times as a result of bankruptcies include, notably in 1840, 1851 and 1868. A fire in May 1870 during the Paris Commune destroyed it, but it was rebuilt in the same place again and on 28 September 1873 Mary Tudor opened by Victor Hugo.
Fin de siècle
1883 bought Sarah Bernhardt Theatre, sold it again soon, but remained until the end of the century on the stage, interrupted by their U.S. tours. Here she played the role of Hamlet. In the historical drama Theodora by Victorien Sardou in 1884 she could celebrate a great success.
On December 27, 1897, premiered Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand. The major success was repeated in 1925.
20th century and the present
The directorates at the beginning of the 20th century changed quickly. Stars such as remote Andel occurred after the First World War, Maurice Rostand could perform some of his pieces. After the Second World War to the song by Max Régnier took over the theater. Since 1969, it initiated Hélène and Bernard Régnier with a conservative game plan. In June 2001, Michel Sardou, Jean -Claude Camus took over the now reduced to 1,000 seats theater building, which had been in the possession of the Régnier family since 1949. Michel Sardou his partner sold his share in 2003.