Artistic-Athévains
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Artistic Athévains is a theatre in Paris, located at 45 bis rue Richard-Lenoir in the 11th arrondissement. It was originally a café-concert, dating from the beginning of the 20th century.
s. In 1935, as the 'Artistic Voltaire', it became a cinema which lasted until 1970. In 1980, it once again became a theatre and was renamed the 'Artistic Athévains'. The repertoire is basically contemporary, though the classics are sometimes performed.
The theatre is directed by Anne-Marie Lazarini and Dominique Bourde. Recent productions have included lesser-known works by Carlo Goldoni
, Leo Tolstoi, Eugène Labiche, Robert de Flers
and Gaston de Caillavet, as well as modern works by Michel Vinaver
(Les travaux et les jours) and Robert Pinget
(Ici ou ailleurs) — also Molière
's major classic George Dandin.
History
In 1913 the café-concert took the name 'Folies Artistic'. In the 1920s, it became the 'Artistic Concert', presenting revues, opérettes and vaudevilleVaudeville
Vaudeville was a theatrical genre of variety entertainment in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. Each performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill...
s. In 1935, as the 'Artistic Voltaire', it became a cinema which lasted until 1970. In 1980, it once again became a theatre and was renamed the 'Artistic Athévains'. The repertoire is basically contemporary, though the classics are sometimes performed.
The theatre is directed by Anne-Marie Lazarini and Dominique Bourde. Recent productions have included lesser-known works by Carlo Goldoni
Carlo Goldoni
Carlo Osvaldo Goldoni was an Italian playwright and librettist from the Republic of Venice. His works include some of Italy's most famous and best-loved plays. Audiences have admired the plays of Goldoni for their ingenious mix of wit and honesty...
, Leo Tolstoi, Eugène Labiche, Robert de Flers
Robert de Flers
Robert de Flers was a French playwright, opera librettist, and journalist....
and Gaston de Caillavet, as well as modern works by Michel Vinaver
Michel Vinaver
-Works:* Les Coréens * Iphigénie Hotel * A la renverse * 11 septembre 2001 / 11 September 2001 -References:...
(Les travaux et les jours) and Robert Pinget
Robert Pinget
Robert Pinget was a major avant-garde French writer, born in Switzerland, who wrote several novels and other prose pieces that drew comparison to Beckett and other major Modernist writers...
(Ici ou ailleurs) — also Molière
Molière
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature...
's major classic George Dandin.