Marguerite Brunet , known by her stage name of Mademoiselle Montansier (19 December 1730, in Bayonne – 13 July 1820, in Paris ), was a French actress and theatre director.
15-681: Théâtre Montansier can refer to three different theatres built by Mademoiselle Montansier : Théâtre Montansier (Versailles) , Montansier's theatre in Versailles (opened 18 November 1777) Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris, known as the Théâtre Montansier in 1790, 1800, and 1848–1852 Théâtre National (rue de la Loi) , her theatre on the rue de la Loi (rue de Richelieu) in Paris (opened 15 August 1793; demolished 1820) Topics referred to by
30-610: A new theatre on the boulevard Montmartre , despite a decree limiting the number of theatres in Paris to just 8. She transferred her Variétés there and on 24 June 1807, the Tout-Paris assisted in the first production of the Panorama de Momus , a vaudeville by Marc-Antoine Désaugiers . She delegated the success - and the criticism - that this brought to the actor Mira Brunet and died peacefully on 13 July 1820 at 90 years old. A four-act comedy entitled La Montansier , with prologue,
45-644: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Mademoiselle Montansier At 14 she fled from the Ursuline convent in Bordeaux , she was there engaged by an acting troupe and — in love with a handsome young actor — embarked for America. She then became the mistress of Burson, Intendant of Martinique , establishing her own dress shop in Saint-Domingue . On her return to Paris, she installed herself in
60-419: The assassination of the duc de Berry ). Declared innocent, she was freed ten months later and received large sums of money as compensation. She married de Neuville on 5 September 1799 and then in 1801 set up a new troupe of Italian singers known as "Opéra-Buffa" (quickly nicknamed "Italiens"), at Théâtre Olympique on rue de la Victoire . Nevertheless, the regime change at this time was not favourable to her -
75-469: The direction of Nicolas Lenoir [ fr ] (1726–1810) to house the Paris Opéra , whose previous home, the second Salle du Palais-Royal , had burned down on 8 June 1781. The new theatre had a capacity of about 2,000 spectators and included a parterre with the lowest-priced tickets sold only to males who stood throughout the performances, an amphitheatre, and four rows of boxes. The Opéra used
90-526: The exclusive rights to balls and shows at the Palace of Versailles , followed in 1779 by rights over the theatres in Fontainebleau, Saint-Cloud, Marly, Compiègne, Rouen, Caen, Orléans, Nantes and Le Havre. Backed by such supporters, she built her first theatre at Versailles - at first called "Théâtre de la rue des Réservoirs", but soon renamed "Théâtre Montansier" - which she opened on 18 November 1777 in
105-450: The house of an aunt by marriage, Mme Montansier, a dress-seller from whom she took her stage name. She opened a gaming house on the rue Saint-Honoré, frequented by the gilded youth of Paris and allowing her to enter high society. Having obtained through her liaison with the marquis de Saint-Contest the leadership of a small theatre on rue Satory in Versailles, she turned her attention to queen Marie-Antoinette and through her in 1775 gained
120-739: The leadership of the troop at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels in January 1793 (renaming that company "Comédiens de la République française"). Returning to Paris in March on the withdrawal of French troops and restoration of the Austrian government, she built "Théatre-National" on rue de la Loi (now square Louvois), opening it on 15 August. Imprisoned by the Terror on 25 Brumaire (15 November) on
135-802: The presence of Louis XVI and his queen. Profiting from the French Revolution , she set herself up in Paris in the company of her lover, Honoré Bourdon (stage name "de Neuville"), and took possession of the Théâtre des Beaujolais under the arcades of the Palais-Royal . After major restoration works, she re-opened it on 12 April 1790 with Les Epoux Mécontents , a four-act opera by Dubuisson and Storace. Renamed "Théâtre Montansier", then "Théâtre du Péristyle du Jardin Egalité", then "Théâtre de la Montagne", then "Variétés-Montansier" and finally simply "Variétés", she led it until 1806. Still holding
150-465: The pretext of having received funds from the English and from Marie-Antoinette or having wanted to set fire to the neighbouring Bibliothèque Nationale , the troupe of "chanteurs-comédiens" which she had created were merged into that of the " Théâtre-Français " on Faubourg Saint-Germain, with their former building passing into the control of the Paris Opéra (it would be destroyed in 1820 in reprisals for
165-713: The rights from the former court at the Tuileries, she successfully put on Italian operas in French translations, attracting the envy of the Académie Royale de Musique , exiled to the Porte Saint-Martin . She and 85 artistes and employees of her theatre followed the armies of Charles François Dumouriez into the Austrian Netherlands , helping at the battle of Jemmapes and then taking over
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195-538: The theatre from 27 October 1781 until August 1794. The theatre was destroyed by fire during the Paris Commune of 1871 and replaced in 1873 with a building designed by the architect Oscar de la Chardonnière (d. 1881), who enlisted the aid of the sculptor Jacques-Hyacinthe Chevalier (1825–1895) in the design of the new facade. The new interior was designed by H. Chevalier. With relatively brief interruptions,
210-476: The troupe was transferred to the salle Favart in 1802, then placed under the direction of Louis-Benoît Picard in 1804, and in 1803 - when Montansier was in prison several weeks for debt - de Neuville died. Forced to leave the Palais-Royal by decree in 1806 (the neighbouring Comédiens-Français finding that she kept them in the shade) but still infatigable, she convinced Napoleon to authorise her to build
225-460: Was put on in tribute to her in 1904 at the Théâtre de la Gaîté , written by Robert de Flers and Gaston Arman de Caillavet and directed by Réjane . Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre de la Porte Saint-Martin The Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin is a venerable theatre and opera house at 18, Boulevard Saint-Martin in the 10th arrondissement of Paris . It was first built very rapidly in 1781 under
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