Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse
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The Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse is a venue situated at 26, rue de la Gaîté, in the Montparnasse
quarter of Paris, in the 14th arrondissement. It opened in 1868 and seats 399 people.
Montparnasse
Montparnasse is an area of Paris, France, on the left bank of the river Seine, centred at the crossroads of the Boulevard du Montparnasse and the Rue de Rennes, between the Rue de Rennes and boulevard Raspail...
quarter of Paris, in the 14th arrondissement. It opened in 1868 and seats 399 people.
Productions since 1946
- 1946 : Victor ou les enfants au pouvoir by Roger VitracRoger VitracRoger Vitrac was a French surrealist playwright and poet.Born in Pinsac, Roger Vitrac moved to Paris in 1910. As a young man, he was influenced by symbolism and the writings of Lautréamont and Alfred Jarry, and he developed a passion for theatre and poetry...
with Juliette GrécoJuliette GrécoJuliette Gréco, — also Michelle – is a French actress and popular chanson singer.-Early life and family:Juliette Gréco was born in Montpellier to a Corsican father and a mother who became active in the Résistance, in the Hérault département of southern France. She was raised by her maternal...
. - 1958 : Douze hommes en colère by Réginald RoseReginald RoseReginald Rose was an American film and television writer most widely known for his work in the early years of television drama. Rose's work is marked by its treatment of controversial social and political issues...
, after the scenario of the Sidney LumetSidney LumetSidney Lumet was an American director, producer and screenwriter with over 50 films to his credit. He was nominated for the Academy Award as Best Director for 12 Angry Men , Dog Day Afternoon , Network and The Verdict...
film - 1959 : Bon week-end Monsieur Benett with Denise GreyDenise GreyDenise Grey was a French actress.- Selected filmography :* Devil in the Flesh * The Sheep Has Five Legs * Bombs on Monte Carlo * La boum * A Fine Romance...
and Henri Guisol. - 1960 : Sugar Plum by Israël HorovitzIsrael HorovitzIsrael Horovitz is an American playwright and screenwriter.-Theatre career:An American dramatist, Horovitz has written more than 70 produced plays, many of which have been translated and performed in more than 30 languages worldwide . The 70/70 Horovitz Project was created by NYC Barefoot Theatre...
with Laurent TerzieffLaurent TerzieffLaurent Terzieff was a French actor.- Biography :Laurent Terzieff was the son of a plastician and of Jean Terzieff, a Russian sculptor who emigrated to France during the First World War. The original surname of his family was Čemerzin.The spectacle of the bombardments had a dramatic effect on...
. - 1962 : Lieutenant Tenant then L'avenir est dans les Œufs by Eugène IonescoEugène IonescoEugène Ionesco was a Romanian and French playwright and dramatist, and one of the foremost playwrights of the Theatre of the Absurd...
, design by Jean-Marie Serreau. - 1963 : La crécelle with Claude RichClaude RichClaude Rich is a French actor. He began his career as a theater actor, before his film debut in 1955 with René Clair, Les Grandes Manoeuvres.He married the actress Catherine Renaudin on 26 June 1959...
and Jacqueline Gauthier. - 1965 : Le goûter des généraux by Boris VianBoris VianBoris Vian was a French polymath: writer, poet, musician, singer, translator, critic, actor, inventor and engineer. He is best remembered today for his novels. Those published under the pseudonym Vernon Sullivan were bizarre parodies of criminal fiction, highly controversial at the time of their...
. - 1966 : Le knack with Bernard FressonBernard FressonBernard Fresson was a French cinema actor. He starred in over 160 films. Some of his notable roles include: Javert in the 1972 mini-series version of Les Misérables, Inspector Barthelmy in John Frankenheimer's French Connection II , Scope in Roman Polanski's The Tenant , Gilbert in Lover Boy , and...
and Monique Tarbès. - 1968 : La famille Tott with Michel GalabruMichel GalabruMichel Louis Edmond Galabru is a French actor born on 27 October 1922 in Safi, Morocco.-Career:Over the course of his career, Galabru appeared in over 200 movies and worked with such renowned directors as Bertrand Blier, Costa-Gavras, Luc Besson , and Jean-Luc Godard...
and Colette Castel. - 1969 : Un jour dans la mort de Joe EggA Day in the Death of Joe EggA Day in the Death of Joe Egg is a 1967 play by English playwright Peter Nichols, first staged at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland before transferring to London's West End theatres in 1968.-Plot summary:Characters* Bri* Grace* Joe* Freddie...
by Peter NicholsPeter NicholsPeter Nichols FRSL is an English writer of stage plays, film and television.Born in Bristol, England, he was educated at Bristol Grammar School, and served his compulsory National Service as a clerk in Calcutta and later in the Combined Services Entertainments Unit in Singapore where he...
with Jean RochefortJean RochefortJean Rochefort is a French actor, with a career that has spanned over five decades.Rochefort was born in Paris, France. He was educated at the Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen He was 19 years old when he entered the Centre d'Art Dramatique de la rue Blanche. Later he joined the Conservatoire National...
, and Marthe KellerMarthe KellerMarthe Keller is a Swiss actress and opera director. She studied ballet as a child, but stopped after a skiing accident at age 16...
. - 1971 : Le précepteur by R.Lenz
- 1972 : Un pape à New-York with Jean-Pierre MarielleJean-Pierre MarielleJean-Pierre Marielle is a French actor. He has played in more than a hundred movies in which he brought life to a very large diversity of roles, from the banal citizen , to the serial killer , to the World War II hero , to the compromised spy , to the has-been actor Jean-Pierre Marielle (born...
and Nelly BorgeaudNelly BorgeaudNelly Borgeaud was a French film actress. She appeared in 43 films between 1955 and 2001.-Selected filmography:* Black Dossier * Codine * The Man Who Loved Women...
. - 1973 : Butley with Bernard FressonBernard FressonBernard Fresson was a French cinema actor. He starred in over 160 films. Some of his notable roles include: Javert in the 1972 mini-series version of Les Misérables, Inspector Barthelmy in John Frankenheimer's French Connection II , Scope in Roman Polanski's The Tenant , Gilbert in Lover Boy , and...
and Gérard Lartigau. - 1974 : Pol by Alain Didier Weill.
- 1977 : Elles, Steffy, Pomme, Jeanne and Vivi with Anémone , Dominique LabourierDominique LabourierDominique Labourier is a French actress. She starred as Julie in Jacques Rivette's film Celine and Julie Go Boating. She has appeared in over 40 films since 1968...
and Viviane Elbaz. - From 1978, double shows of 20 hours and 22 hours were instituted, in which variétés and theatre alternated. These include :
- Font and Val
- Le Golden Gate-Quartet
- Lény Escudéro
- Jean-Roger CaussimonJean-Roger CaussimonJean-Roger Caussimon was a French singer-songwriter and film actor. He appeared in 90 films between 1945 and 1985 but is better known for having worked with poet-singer Léo Ferré.- Discography :...
(1980), - Luis Rego
- Le père Noël est une ordure, by the troupe du SplendidLe SplendidLe Splendid is the name of the café-théâtre company founded by a collection of writers and actors in the 1970s - Christian Clavier, Michel Blanc, Gérard Jugnot, Thierry Lhermitte , Josiane Balasko, Marie-Anne Chazel, Bruno Moynot and Claire Magnin...
, with Gérard JugnotGérard JugnotGérard Jugnot is a French actor, film director, screenwriter and producer.Jugnot was one of the founders of the comedy troupe Le Splendid in the 1970s, along with, among others, his high-school friends Christian Clavier, Thierry Lhermitte, and Michel Blanc...
, Christian ClavierChristian ClavierChristian Clavier is a French actor. He is the brother of French film director Stéphane Clavier.-Biography:After his high class studies at the Neuilly Lycée Pasteur—though asserted here and there, he never studied at Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris —he started his acting career with the...
, Thierry LhermitteThierry LhermitteThierry Lhermitte is a French actor, known for his comedic roles. He was one of the founders of the comedy troupe Le Splendid in the 1970s, along with, among others, his high-school friends Christian Clavier, Gérard Jugnot, and Michel Blanc...
, Anémone, Marie-Anne ChazelMarie-Anne ChazelMarie-Anne Chazel is a French actress and occasional screenwriter, who has been active in both film and television since 1974.-Biography:...
, Bernard Moineau. - L'os de cœur with Francis HusterFrancis HusterFrancis Huster is a French stage, film and television actor, film director and scriptwriter.-Biography:Francis Huster was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine. He studied acting at the Conservatoire of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, at the Cours Florent and at the Conservatoire national , where he had...
- Elle voit des nains partout with Claire Nadeau
- Le jour le plus con by Philippe Bruneau.
- 1982 : Vive les femmes by ReiserReiser-People:* Charles Reiser, a notable safecracker also known as "The Ox"* Hans Reiser, a computer programmer and convicted murderer* Jean-Marc Reiser, a comic artist* John Reiser, a race car driver and businessman from Wisconsin* Othmar Reiser, an ornithologist...
, design by Claude ConfortèsClaude ConfortèsClaude Confortès is a French director for stage and film and actor. As an actor he starred in Yves Robert's War of the Buttons in 1962.-External links:...
, with Maurice RischMaurice RischMaurice Risch is a French film and theater actor, born on 25 January 1943 in Paris.With his large expressive eyes and round face, he represents one of the recurring presences of French comic cinema...
, Pauline LafontPauline LafontPauline Lafont was a French actress. She was the daughter of film star Bernadette Lafont and Diourka Medveczky, an Hungarian sculptor....
and Roland GiraudRoland GiraudRoland Giraud , is a French actor. He is married to the actress Maaike Jansen.Giraud began his theatrical training in the 1960s and joined Coluche's theatrical company in 1971. Around this time he worked also with the troupe, Le Splendid. His first cinematic role came in 1974 in Michel Audiard's...
. - 1983 : Chienne Dactylographe by G.Roignant, design by D. Benoin with J. Dacqmine, and Hélène Duc
- 1983 : Des jours and des nuits by Harold PinterHarold PinterHarold Pinter, CH, CBE was a Nobel Prize–winning English playwright and screenwriter. One of the most influential modern British dramatists, his writing career spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays include The Birthday Party , The Homecoming , and Betrayal , each of which he adapted to...
, design by F.Marthourand with Bernard Murat. - 1983 : La fausse libertine after Crébillon fils, design by Jacques Bachelier.
- 1983 : Comment devenir une mère juive en dix leçons by Paul Fucks, design by Tootie Masson, with Marthe VillalongaMarthe VillalongaMarthe Villalonga , is a French actress. She has appeared in 93 films between 1963 and 2008.She was born in Fort-de-l'Eau, Algeria.-External links:...
and André Valardy. - 1984 : Chacun pour moi by C.A Augereau, design by Daniel Colas with Yves Rénier.
- 1984 : Grand-père by Rémo Forlani, design by Michel Fagadau with Victor LanouxVictor Lanoux-Career:He started out in cabaret, where he collaborated with Pierre Richard. He made one of his earliest film appearances in The Shameless Old Lady. He received two César nominations in 1976, for his roles in Cousin, cousine and Adieu poulet...
then Jean-Pierre Darras, and Nadine Alari. - 1985 : Love by Murray Schisgal, with André Dussolier, Patrick ChesnaisPatrick Chesnais- Biography :Patrick Chesnais was born in La Garenne-Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine. He was educated at the Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen.In 1989, he won the César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in the film La Lectrice directed by Michel Deville...
and Catherine Rich. - 1986 : La gagne by Michel Fermaud.
- 1987 : reprise of Bonsoir Maman by Marsha Norman, design by Lars Schmidt with Françoise Christophe and Catherine Rich
- 1987 : L'éloignement de Loleh Bellon with Pierre ArditiPierre ArditiPierre Arditi was born on 1 December 1944 in Paris, child of the French paintor Georges Arditi , from Marseille, and a Belgian mother. He is an award-winning French film and stage actor...
and Macha MérilMacha MérilMacha Méril, born Princess Maria-Magdalena Vladimirovna Gagarina on 3 September 1940, Rabat, Morocco, is a French actress and writer, descended by her father from the Russian princely house Gagarin and by her mother from a Ukrainian noble family...
. - 1988 : Reprise of A Day in the Death of Joe EggA Day in the Death of Joe EggA Day in the Death of Joe Egg is a 1967 play by English playwright Peter Nichols, first staged at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland before transferring to London's West End theatres in 1968.-Plot summary:Characters* Bri* Grace* Joe* Freddie...
in an adaptation by Claude Roy, with Patrick ChesnaisPatrick Chesnais- Biography :Patrick Chesnais was born in La Garenne-Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine. He was educated at the Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen.In 1989, he won the César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in the film La Lectrice directed by Michel Deville...
and Sabine HaudepinSabine HaudepinSabine Haudepin is a French actress. She has appeared in over 50 films since 1962. She was born in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.-Selected filmography:* Jules and Jim * The Soft Skin * Sweet Movie...
. - 1988 : Nocturnes after Stefan ZweigStefan ZweigStefan Zweig was an Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer. At the height of his literary career, in the 1920s and 1930s, he was one of the most famous writers in the world.- Biography :...
with Jacques WeberJacques WeberJacques Weber is a French actor, director and writer, born in Paris .- Biography :Passionate about drama from his youth, Jacques Weber joined the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique at the age of 20, and won the prix d'Excellence when he left. He joined Robert Hossein in Reims...
. - 1989 : Frédéric Chopin with Eric Berchot at the piano and Philippe Ettesse
- 1989 : Faut pas tuer maman de Charlotte KeatleyCharlotte KeatleyCharlotte Keatley is an English playwright. She studied drama at the Victoria University of Manchester and as a postgraduate at the University of Leeds. She has worked as a journalist for Performance magazine, the Yorkshire Post, the Financial Times and the BBC...
, adaptation by Marcel BluwalMarcel BluwalMarcel Bluwal is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed 40 films since 1955.-External links:...
and Michel Fagadau , design by Michel Fagadau, with Danièle Lebrun, Catherine FrotCatherine Frot-Early life:The daughter of an engineer and a mathematics teacher, Frot demonstrated comic traits and expressions at an early age. At the age of fourteen, she enrolled in the Versailles conservatory while still in school...
, Viviane Elbaz and Anouk Grinberg. - 1990 : Un œil plus bleu que l'autre by Evelyne Grandjean with Jean-Pierre CasselJean-Pierre CasselJean-Pierre Cassel was a French actor.-Life and career:Cassel was born Jean-Pierre Crochon in Paris, the son of Louise-Marguerite , an opera singer, and Georges Crochon, a doctor. Cassel was discovered by Gene Kelly as he tap danced on stage, and later cast in the 1957 film The Happy Road...
, and Dominique LabourierDominique LabourierDominique Labourier is a French actress. She starred as Julie in Jacques Rivette's film Celine and Julie Go Boating. She has appeared in over 40 films since 1968...
. - 1990 (September) : Coiffures pour dames by Robert Harling, adapté par Claire Nadeau and Michèle LaroqueMichèle LaroqueMichèle Laroque is a French actress, comedian and humorist, who has appeared in almost 60 film and television productions since 1988.She was born in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France...
, design by Stéphane Hillel with Marthe VillalongaMarthe VillalongaMarthe Villalonga , is a French actress. She has appeared in 93 films between 1963 and 2008.She was born in Fort-de-l'Eau, Algeria.-External links:...
, Françoise Christophe, Geneviève Fontanel, Claire Maurier, Michèle LaroqueMichèle LaroqueMichèle Laroque is a French actress, comedian and humorist, who has appeared in almost 60 film and television productions since 1988.She was born in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France...
and Annie Grégorio. - 1991 (June) : reprise of Callas by Elizabeth Marocco, mise en scène de Dominique Lardenois.
- 1991 (October) : reprise of Voltaire and Rousseau by Jean-François Prévand with Jean-Paul Farré and Jean-Luc Moreau.
- 1992 (January) : Passagères by Daniel Besnehard, design by André Voustinas with Michèle Simonnet, Valérie KapriskyValérie KapriskyValérie Kaprisky is a French actress.She was born Valerie Chérès in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France. Kaprisky is her mother's maiden name....
, Philippe Delplanche. - 1992 (April) : Nina by André RoussinAndré RoussinAndré Roussin, , was a French playwright. Born in Marseille, he was elected to the Académie française April 12, 1973.-Bibliography:*1933 Patiences et impatiences*1944 Am Stram Gram...
, design by Bernard Murat with Jean Barney, Darry CowlDarry CowlDarry Cowl, born André Darricau, was a French actor and musician. He won a César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 2004 for his role as a concierge in Pas sur la bouche , which proved to be his last appearance.He was born in Vittel, and came to prominence when he was cast by Sacha...
, Adriana AstiAdriana AstiAdriana Asti is an Italian actress.She was married to Bernardo Bertolucci.-Selected filmography:*Città di notte, by Leopoldo Trieste *Arrangiatevi!, by Mauro Bolognini...
. - 1992 (October) : Confidences pour clarinette by Michel Christofer, mise en scène de Jean-Luc Moreau with Pierre-François Roussillon, Paule Noelle, François Pacôme, Jean-Luc Moreau, François Perrot.
- 1992 (December) : La contrebasse by Patrick SüskindPatrick SüskindPatrick Süskind is a German writer and screenwriter.- Life and work :The public knows little about Patrick Süskind. He has withdrawn from the literary scene in Germany and never grants interviews or allows photos. He was born in Ambach am Starnberger See, near Munich in Germany...
, design by Philippe Ferran, collaboration artistique de Jean PoiretJean PoiretJean Poiret, born Jean Poiré, was a French actor, director, and screenwriter. He is primarily known as the author of the original play La Cage Aux Folles. Jean Poiret was born in Paris, France, where he died of a heart attack in 1992...
, with Jacques VilleretJacques VilleretJacques Villeret was a French actor.-Early life and Family:Born Jacky Boufroura in Loches, Indre-et-Loire, France, to an Algerian father and a French mother, he is most famous internationally for his role as François Pignon in Le Dîner de Cons, both on the stage and in the later film...
. - 1993 (March) : Ce qui arrive and ce qu'on attend by Jean-Marie Besset, design by Patrice Kerbrat, with Christophe MalavoyChristophe Malavoy-Selected filmography:* Madame Bovary* Le Cri du hibou* La Balance* A Captain's Honor* Le Voyage en douce* Death in a French Garden-External links:...
, Marie-France PisierMarie-France PisierMarie-France Pisier was a French actress. She appeared in numerous films of the French New Wave and twice earned the national César Award for Best Supporting Actress.-Life and career:...
, Sabine HaudepinSabine HaudepinSabine Haudepin is a French actress. She has appeared in over 50 films since 1962. She was born in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.-Selected filmography:* Jules and Jim * The Soft Skin * Sweet Movie...
, Claire Nadeau. - 1994 (January) : Tempête sur le pays d'Egypte by Pierre Laville with Brigitte FosseyBrigitte FosseyBrigitte Fossey, born in Tourcoing, Nord, is a French actress.-Early years:The daughter of a schoolteacher, Fossey was five years old when she was cast by director René Clément to star in his film, Forbidden Games. Fossey played the role of an innocent child orphaned by World War II...
and Manuel BlancManuel BlancManuel Blanc is a French television and film actor.-Selected filmography:* I Don't Kiss * La Rivière Espérance * Beaumarchais * Exit * Two * Vivante * Mes parents...
. - 1994 (March) : OleannaOleanna (play)Oleanna is a two-character play by David Mamet, about the power struggle between a university professor and one of his female students, who accuses him of sexual exploitation and, by doing so, spoils his chances of being accorded tenure...
by David Mamand with Charlotte GainsbourgCharlotte GainsbourgCharlotte Lucy Gainsbourg is an Anglo-French actress and singer. After releasing an album with her father at the age of fifteen, more than twenty years passed before she released two albums as an adult to commercial and critical success...
(her stage debut) and Maurice BenichouMaurice BénichouMaurice Bénichou is a French actor. His best known roles include three collaborations with director Michael Haneke , and a part in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Amélie...
. - 1994 : Singing tour by RégineRégine- External links :*...
. - 1995 : La musica deuxième with Fanny ArdantFanny ArdantFanny Marguerite Judith Ardant is a French actress. She has appeared in more than fifty motion pictures since 1976. Ardant won the César Award for Best Actress in 1997 for her performance in Pédale douce.-Early life:...
and Niels ArestrupNiels ArestrupNiels Arestrup is a French actor.Born in Paris into a family of modest means, his father was Danish and his mother was French...
. - 1996 : "Robin des Bois d'à peu près Alexandre Dumas" by Pierre-François Martin-LavalPierre-François Martin-LavalPierre-François Martin-Laval is a French actor, born in Marseille. Well appreciated in France for his acting performance in burlesque show but also in touching plays, PEF is nowadays a recognized actor in his country. Theatre lover from ever, he incorporated a famous French school of acting: Cours...
and Marina FoïsMarina Foïs-Selected filmography:* Poliss * 22 Bullets * The Ball of the Actresses * RRRrrrr!!! * Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra * The Race -External links:...
with Les Robins des Bois and Isabelle NantyIsabelle NantyIsabelle Nanty is a French actress and film director.see http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0353243/. She played the part of Georgette in the 2001 French film Amélie and Isabelle in La Belle Histoire...
. - 2002 : Cravate clubCravate clubCravate club is a 2002 colour film displaying an essential characteristic of much French cinema, that of being focused on in-depth psychology, articulated at the level of the semiotic by resembling a theatre filme...
by Fabrice Roger-Lacan, design by Isabelle NantyIsabelle NantyIsabelle Nanty is a French actress and film director.see http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0353243/. She played the part of Georgette in the 2001 French film Amélie and Isabelle in La Belle Histoire...
with Charles BerlingCharles BerlingCharles Berling is a French actor, director, scenario writer and producer born on April 30, 1958 in Saint-Mandé in Val de Marne .-Biography:Son of a marine physician, he is also the nephew of the literary critic Raymond Picard...
, Edouard BaerÉdouard BaerÉdouard Baer is a French actor.- Filmography :*Un monde à nous *Seuls two *Passe-passe *Crosse *La fille coupée en deux...