Théâtre du Panthéon

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Location of the former church

The Théâtre du Panthéon was a theater in the Latin Quarter in Paris. It existed between 1832 and 1844 and was located on Rue Saint-Jacques, today approximately at number 46 in the 5th arrondissement .

prehistory

The origin lies in the first sacred building, a Roman temple, which was dedicated to the god Bacchus . A church was built on the ruins, in which Dionysius of Paris is said to have preached and invoked the Holy Trinity. Since his namesake Dionysios was nicknamed Bacchus, the church was named Saint-Bacchus. In 1155 the church was subordinated to the neighboring monastery of Saint-Benoît and took this name. Since the church was not built following the usual Christian tradition, in an east-west orientation, but rather slightly rotated, it earned nicknames such as bien tournée , Bétourné and the like.

Franz I wanted the church to be rebuilt in 1517 with the appropriate orientation, but only the main nave and the ossuary next to the side aisles were completed. The chancel was not added until the 17th century. The latter was classicist, with Corinthian columns and arcades resting on them, which represented a break in style, since the nave was kept Gothic.

In the course of the French Revolution , the monastery was dissolved and the church profaned . The building stood empty, briefly used again for church services from 1795, and then served as a warehouse for flour from 1813.

Numerous personalities were buried in the church, such as Jean Dorat , Gérard Audran , Claude Perrault and Michel Baron .

The theater

In 1832 an entrepreneur had the church rebuilt. The former choir was converted into a stage and columns were removed from the main nave to create an amphitheater-like auditorium. A wide variety of shops, such as shops for paintbrushes or umbrellas and a bookstore, were also located in the entrance area.

Were listed vaudevilles , dramas and comic operas . Since the house was in the student district of Paris, the audience consisted mostly of students who were looking for low-budget entertainment. Despite everything, well-known dramatists such as Charles Dupeuty , Constant Berrier and Eugène Labiche have premiered at the Théâtre du Panthéon.

During its existence the economic success alternated with failure and several owners tried to operate the stage, which was successful until it was closed in 1844.

Main Gothic portal of Saint-Benoît

The house was demolished as part of the construction of Rue des Écoles in 1854. Today the Sorbonne is located on the property . Only the Gothic main portal is preserved and the building of the Musée du Moyen Âge national integrated

World premieres (excerpt)

  • L'égoïste , comedy, 1832, by Constant Berrier
  • Aoust 1572, ou, Charles IX á Orleans , historical drama, 1833, by Jean-Pierre Lesguillon
  • L'enfant de Paris , ou, Mise`re et liberte´, Vaudeville, 1838, by Théodore Nézel
  • L'avocat Loubet , drama, 1938, by Eugène Labiche
  • Les grisettes en Afrique, ou, Le harem , Vaudeville, 1842, by Charles Dupeuty and Pierre-Frédéric-Adolphe Carmouche

Web links

literature

  • Jacques-Auguste Kaufmann: Architectonographie des théâtres, 1840, p. 180 ff., Digitized

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Guide pratique à travers le vieux Paris, Hachette , 1913, p. 334, digitized version , accessed on December 10, 2019
  2. ^ Revue municipale et gazette réunies, edition of February 20, 1860, page 54, digitized version , accessed on December 10, 2019

Coordinates: 48 ° 50 ′ 58.3 "  N , 2 ° 20 ′ 41"  E