Comédie Française
Comédie Française the French national theatre (used for both comedy and tragedy), in Paris, founded in 1680 by Louis XIV, and reconstituted by Napoleon I in 1803. It is organized as a cooperative society in which each actor holds a share or part-share.
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BORN: 1896, Marseilles, France
DIED: 1948, Paris, France
NATIONALITY: French
GENRE: Drama theory, plays
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