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Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française. The sociétaires of the Comédie-Française are chosen from among the pensionnaires who have been in the company a year or more. They are decided upon in the course of a general assembly of the company's administrative committee, made up of 6 existing sociétaires, the senior sociétaire, and the general ...
Sociétaire de la Comédie-Française. Comédie-Française, Place Colette, Paris. Les sociétaires de la Comédie-Française sont, depuis l'origine de la troupe en 1680, des comédiens choisis parmi les pensionnaires ayant au moins une année d'engagement.
Sociétaire. After having spent at least one year in the Troupe, a pensionnaire of the Comédie-Française can acquire the status of sociétaire, which requires the Administrative Board (of which the general administrator is a member) to submit a proposal to the sociétaires during a general assembly.
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The Comédie-Française was founded on 8 August 1680 by a decree of Louis XIV merging the only two Parisian acting troupes of the time, the troupe of the Guénégaud Theatre and that of the Hôtel de Bourgogne. On the death of Molière in 1673, the troupe at the Guénégaud had been formed by a merger of the Théâtre du Marais and the Troupe de Molière. Two...
The Comédie-Française has had several homes since its inception in 1680 in the Salle Guénégaud. In 1689, it was established in a theatre across from the Café Procope. From 1770 to 1782, the Comédie performed in the theatre in the royal palace of the Tuileries. In 1782, the company moved into the Salle du Faubourg Saint-Germain, designed by architec...
The membership of the theatrical troupe is divided into "sociétaires" and "pensionnaires". The former are regular members of the organisation and as such receive a pension after 20 years of service, while the latter are paid actors who may, after a certain length of service, become "sociétaires". The names of nearly all the great actors and dramati...
The chief administrator of the Comédie-Française has been given the title administrateur général since Simonis' term of 1850. Before that, a variety of titles were given.
Brockett, Oscar G.; Hildy, Franklin J. (2008). History of the Theatre, tenth edition. Boston: Pearson. ISBN 9780205511860.Clarke, Jan (1998). The Guénégaud Theatre in Paris (1673–1680). Volume One: Founding, Design and Production. Lewiston, New York: The Edwin Mellen Press. ISBN 9780773483927.Gaines, James F. (2002). The Molière Encyclopedia. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313312557.Hartnoll, Phyllis, editor (1983). The Oxford Companion to the Theatre (fourth edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780192115461.The cliche of the airhead actor doesn’t fly at the Comédie-Française. The board is composed entirely of sociétaires, who approve the budget and other strategic decisions. If a company member...
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Description. Since 1996, the Studio-Théâtre, located in the Carrousel du Louvre and the Comédie-Française’s third stage, has programmed short and diversified forms. The programming of shows and events at 6:30 pm from Wednesday to Sunday not only broadens the audience but also diversifies the range of productions on offer.
