Building in arrondissement of Paris, France
The théâtre Récamier was a Parisian
theatre located at 3 rue Récamier in the
7th arrondissement of Paris, inaugurated in 1908 and closed in 1978.
History
Originally, it was an entertainment venue built by Charles Blondel for the
Ligue de l'enseignement on the location of the convent chapel of the
Abbaye-aux-Bois.
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From October 1959 to May 1961, the théâtre Récamier serves as second room of the
TNP directed by
Jean Vilar and located at
palais de Chaillot.
In December 1965,
Louis Aragon set up there the soirée " Six poètes et une musique de maintenant " (Six poets and a music of our time)
[2] in order to introduce new poets (
Jacques Garelli,
Pierre Lartigue,
Jacques Roubaud, André Libérati, Maurice Régnaut and
Bernard Vargaftig).
After the
May 1968 events in France, the venue housed the
compagnie Renaud-Barrault expelled from the
Théâtre de l'Odéon. This troupe stayed in the place until 1975 when
Antoine Bourseiller became director until the closure happened in 1978.
Rehearsal room of the
Comédie-Française until 2008, it is currently undergoing a renovation project because of its age.
In 2013,
Roman Polanski draws inspiration from the settings for the shooting of his
Venus in Fur.
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Productions
- 1957:
Athalie by
Racine, directed by
Jean Gillibert
- 1958: Lorsque cinq ans seront passés by
Federico García Lorca, directed by
Guy Suarès (November)
- 1959:
The Killer by
Eugène Ionesco, directed by
José Quaglio (19 February)
- 1959: Le Crapaud-buffle d'
Armand Gatti,
Jean Vilar (22 October)
- 1959:
Les Bâtisseurs d'empire by
Boris Vian, directed by
Jean Négroni (22 December)
- 1960:
Les Femmes savantes by
Molière, directed by
Jean-Paul Moulinot
- 1960:
Krapp's Last Tape by
Samuel Beckett, directed by
Roger Blin (22 March)
- 1960: Lettre morte by
Robert Pinget, directed by
Jean Martin (22 March)
- 1960: Génousie by
René de Obaldia, directed by
Roger Mollien (1 October)
- 1960:
The Good Person of Szechwan by
Bertolt Brecht, directed by André Steiger (2 December)
- 1960: La Louve by
Robèrt Lafont, directed by Claude Vernick (8 December)
- 1961:
Servant of Two Masters by
Carlo Goldoni, directed by
Edmond Tamiz (October)
- 1961:
The Trojan Women by
Euripides, directed by Jean Tasso (3 November)
- 1961: William Conrad by
Pierre Boulle, directed by
André Charpak (23 Novembre)
- 1962: Tilt by
Philippe Curval, directed by
Jean-Marie Serreau
- 1962:
The Idiot by
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, directed by
Jean Gillibert (17 May)
- 1962:
The Plough and the Stars by
Seán O'Casey, directed by
Gabriel Garran (20 October)
- 1962:
Œdipus rex by
Sophocles, directed by Jean Gillibert (21 November)
- 1962:
The Fire Raisers by
Max Frisch, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau (7 December)
- 1963: La Femme sauvage ou Le Cadavre encerclé by
Kateb Yacine, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau (9 January)
- 1963: Les Officiers by
Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz, directed by Jean Tasso (16 February)
- 1963: L'École de dressage by
Francis Beaumont and
John Fletcher, directed by
Yves Gasc (11 June)
- 1963: Le Printemps by
Marc'O, directed by the author (16 July)
- 1963:
Monsieur Vautrin by André Charpak after
Honoré de Balzac, directed by André Charpak (27 September)
- 1963:
Another Man's Wife by
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, directed by André Charpak
- 1964: Sacco and Vanzetti by Mino Roli and
Luciano Vincenzoni, directed by
José Valverde
- 1964:
The Marriage by
Witold Gombrowicz, directed by
Jorge Lavelli (8 January)
- 1964: Jacques le fataliste by Henry Mary after
Diderot, directed by
Edmond Tamiz
- 1964:
Œdipus rex and
Oedipus at Colonus by
Sophocles, directed by
Jean Gillibert
- 1964:
Suréna by
Corneille, directed by
Jean-Pierre Miquel
- 1965:
Cinna de
Corneille, directed by Jean-Pierre Miquel
- 1965: Oreste by
Vittorio Alfieri, directed by Jean-Pierre Miquel
- 1965: Le temps viendra by
Romain Rolland, directed by Guy Kayat (20 February)
- 1965: Les Enchaînés by
Eugene O'Neill, directed by
Jorge Lavelli (10 March)
- 1965:
Ubu roi by
Alfred Jarry, directed by
Victor Garcia (23 June)
- 1965: Les Amants maléfiques by
Thomas Middleton and
William Rowley, directed by Jacques Tourane (10 September)
- 1965: Les Zykov by
Maxim Gorki, directed by
Jean Leuvrais (4 November)
- 1965:
Phèdre by
Racine, directed by
Jean Gillibert (8 December)
- 1966:
Le Capitaine Fracasse by
Théophile Gautier, adaptation
Philippe Léotard, directed by
Ariane Mnouchkine (21 January)
- 1966:
The House of Bernarda Alba by
Federico García Lorca, directed by
Jacques Mauclair (28 février)
- 1966: Les Bouquinistes by
Antoine Tudal, directed by
Claude Confortès (19 April)
- 1966:
Oh, What a Lovely War! by
Charles Chilton and
Joan Littlewood, directed by
Pierre Debauche
- 1967: La Butte de Satory by
Pierre Halet, directed by Jean-Pierre Miquel (26 September)
- 1967: Le Roi Faim by
Leonid Andreïev, directed by
Pierre Debauche (11 November)
- 1969:
Happy Days by
Samuel Beckett, directed by
Roger Blin (9 September)
- 1970:
Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett, directed by de l'auteur
- 1970:
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, directed by Roger Blin (11 March)
- 1970: Actes sans paroles by Samuel Beckett, directed by
Deryk Mendel (29 April)
- 1970:
deathwatch by
Jean Genet, directed by
Alexandre Arcady (15 September)
- 1970:
Happy Days by Samuel Beckett, directed by Roger Blin (7 October)
- 1970: La Mère by
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, directed by
Claude Régy (7 November)
- 1971:
L'Amante anglaise by
Marguerite Duras, directed by Claude Régy
- 1971: La Nuit des assassins by
José Triana, Roger Blin (26 March)
- 1971: Le Personnage combattant by
Jean Vauthier, directed by Roger Blin and
Jean-Louis Barrault (1 October)
- 1971:
Il ventaglio by
Carlo Goldoni, directed by
Luca Ronconi,
Piccolo Teatro di Milano (20 novembre)
- 1972: Où boivent les vaches by
Roland Dubillard, directed by Roger Blin (9 November)
- 1973: L'Ami des nègres by
George Tabori, directed by Robert W. Goldsby (23 January)
- 1973: Le Métro fantôme by
Leroi Jones, directed by
Antoine Bourseiller
- 1973:
Harold and Maude by
Colin Higgins, directed by Jean-Louis Barrault (5 November)
- 1974: Sous le vent des îles Baléares by
Paul Claudel, directed by
Jean-Pierre Granval
- 1974:
The Suicide by
Nikolai Erdman, directed by Jean-Pierre Granval (6 February)
- 1975: Kennedy's Children by Robert Patrick, directed by Antoine Bourseiller (16 September)
- 1976: Barbe-bleue et son fils imberbe by
Jean-Pierre Bisson, directed by the author (February)
- 1976: Der Turm by
Hugo von Hofmannsthal, directed by Antoine Bourseiller (16 March)
- 1976: Encore un militaire by Jean-Pierre Bisson, directed by the author (17 May)
- 1976:
Phèdre by
Racine, directed by Antoine Bourseiller (17 November)
- 1977: The Sermons of Jean Harlow and the Curses of Billy the Kid by
Michael McClure, directed by Antoine Bourseiller (22 September)
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