Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques
The Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques was a theater in Paris . It was built in 1832 on the Boulevard du Temple and replaced the old Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique . With the famous actor Frédérick Lemaître , who often played the robber Robert Macaire here , it became one of the most important venues for melodrama .
In 1862, on the occasion of its demolition due to the redesign of the Parisian boulevards , it moved to the Rue de Bondy ( 10th arrondissement ) and now mainly housed the Paris operetta . Charles Lecocq performed his work La Fille de Madame Angot here in 1873 , Robert Planquette followed in 1877 with Les Cloches de Corneville , Jacques Offenbach in 1879 with La Fille du tambour-major and André Messager in 1887 with La Béarnaise .
The theater was also used as a cinema in the 20th century and was completely redesigned as a sound film cinema in the 1930s.
