Theatre in Paris, France
The Théâtre Édouard VII, also called théâtre Édouard VII – Sacha Guitry, is located in
Paris between the
Madeleine and the
Palais Garnier in the
9th arrondissement. The square, in which there is a statue of
King
Edward VII, was opened in 1911. The theatre itself, which was originally a cinema, was named in the honour of Edward VII, as he was nicknamed the "most Parisian of all Kings", appreciative of French culture. In the early to mid 1900s, under the direction of Sacha Guitry, the theatre became a symbol of anglo-franco friendship, where French people could discover and enjoy
Anglo Saxon works.
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French actor and director Bernard Murat is the current director of the theatre. Modern "boulevard comedies" and
vaudevilles are often performed there, and subtitled in English by the company Theatre in Paris.
Important figures in the arts, cinema and theatre have performed there, including Orson Welles,
Eartha Kitt, and more. Pablo Picasso created props for a play at the Théâtre Édouard VII in 1944.
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History
1916: Alphonse Franck
- 1916: All right
revue in 2 acts and 14 tableaux by
Rip
- 1917: La Folle Nuit ou Le Dérivatif musical by
André Mouëzy-Éon and
Félix Gandéra, music Marcel Pollet
- 1917: Son Petit Frère, two acts operetta by
André Barde, music
Charles Cuvillier
- 1917: Le Feu du voisin by
Francis de Croisset
- 1917: La Jeune Fille au bain by
Louis Verneuil
- 1917: La Petite Bonne d'Abraham, three acts biblical tale by André Mouëzy-Éon and Félix Gandéra, music by Marcel Pollet
- 1917: Il le faut ! by
René Berton, Manon en voyage by
Jules Massenet and
Claude Terrasse, Rien qu'un by André Pascales (one act play and comic opera)
- 1919: Phi-Phi by
Albert Willemetz and
Henri Christiné
- 1919: Le Loup dans la bergerie 3 acts tale by Georges Manoir and Armand Verhyle after
Balzac
- 1919: L'Enfantement du mort by
Marcel L'Herbier
- 1920: L'École des satyres
- 1920: L'Erreur d'une nuit d'été by Philippe Maquet
- 1920:
Je t'aime by
Sacha Guitry
- 1921:
Le Comédien by Sacha Guitry
- 1921: Le cœur dispose by Francis de Croisset
- 1921: Le Grand Duc by Sacha Guitry
- 1921:
Faisons un rêve by Sacha Guitry
- 1921:
Jacqueline by Sacha Guitry, after
Henri Duvernois
- 1922:
Jean de La Fontaine by Sacha Guitry
- 1922:
Une petite main qui se place by Sacha Guitry
- 1922: Seul by Henri Duvernois
- 1922:
Le Misanthrope by
Molière
- 1923:
Un sujet de roman by Sacha Guitry
- 1923:
L'Amour masqué comédie musicale by Sacha Guitry and
André Messager
- 1923:
Le Lion et la poule by Sacha Guitry
- 1924: La Danseuse éperdue by
René Fauchois
- 1924: L'Âge de raison by
Paul Vialar
- 1924:
L'École des femmes by Molière, directed by
Lucien Guitry
- 1924:
Une étoile nouvelle by Sacha Guitry
- 1925:
On ne joue pas pour s'amuser by Sacha Guitry
- 1925:
Mozart by Sacha Guitry, music
Reynaldo Hahn
- 1926: A vol d'oiseau by Sacha Guitry and
Albert Willemetz
- 1926: Souris d'hôtel by
Paul Armont and
Marcel Gerbidon
- 1926: The Co-Optimiste by
Melville Gideon
- 1927: Knock Out by
Jacques Natanson and Jacques Théry
- 1927:
Désiré by Sacha Guitry
- 1927:
Jean de La Fontaine by Sacha Guitry
- 1927: La Vagabonde by
Colette
- 1928:
Mariette ou Comment on écrit l'histoire by Sacha Guitry
- 1929: L'Amoureuse Aventure by
Paul Armont and Marcel Gerbidon, directed by
Jacques Baumer
1929: Louis Verneuil
In 1929, Alphonse Franck is succeeded by Louis Verneuil for six months.
1930: Maurice Lehmann
In 1930, Maurice Lehmann becomes new director until 1931 when the place runs again as a movie theatre.
1931: Victor Francen
1931: Alphonse Franck
At the end of the year 1931,
Twentieth Century Fox takes over the movie theatre.
1941: Robert Gallois
In 1940, theatre returns.
1943: Jean-Michel Renaitour and Jacqueline Heusch
1944: Pierre Béteille
- 1944: Le Roi Christine by
Marcelle Maurette
- 1944:
Andromaque by
Jean Racine, directed by
Jean Cocteau
- 1944:
A Midsummer Night's Dream by
William Shakespeare, adaptation
Georges Neveux
- 1944: Les Plus Beaux Yeux du monde by
Jean Sarment
- 1945: Sérénade à trois by
Noël Coward
- 1945:
Tristan et Iseult by
Lucien Fabre, directed by
Alfred Pasquali
- 1945: Les Dames de Niskala by
Hella Wuolijoki
- 1946: Les Derniers Seigneurs by
Roger Ferdinand, directed by
Jacques Baumer
- 1946: Les Pères ennemis by
Charles Vildrac, directed by
Georges Vitaly
- 1946:
The Dybbuk by
Shalom Anski, directed by André Marcovici
- Bichon by
Jean de Létraz, with
Pierre Bertin
- Le Gâteau des Rois by Marcelle Capron
- 1947:
Of Mice and Men adaptation by
Marcel Duhamel after
John Steinbeck, directed by
Paul Œttly
- 1947: L'amour vient en jouant by
Jean Bernard-Luc, directed by
Pierre-Louis
- 1947: Des hommes viendront, a play by
Roger Saltel
- 1948:
The Lame Devil by Sacha Guitry, directed by the author
- 1948: La Savetière prodigieuse after
Federico García Lorca, directed by
Pierre Bertin
- 1948: Joyeux Chagrins after
Noël Coward, adaptation
André Roussin and
Pierre Gay, directed by
Louis Ducreux
- 1948: Shéhérazade by
Jules Supervielle, directed by
Jean Vilar,
Festival d'Avignon
- 1948: Les Enfants d'Édouard by
Frederic Jackson and Roland Bottomley, adaptation
Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon, directed by
Jean Wall
- La Huitième Femme de Barbe-Bleue by Charlton Andrews, adaptation
Alfred Savoir
- 1949:
Le Silence de la mer after
Vercors, directed by
Jean Mercure
- 1949:
A Streetcar Named Desire by
Tennessee Williams, adaptation
Jean Cocteau, directed by
Raymond Rouleau
- 1950: Cabrioles by
Roger Ferdinand
- 1950: Time Runs by
Orson Welles after
Faust by
Dante,
Milton,
Christopher Marlowe, directed by the author
- 1950: The Blessed and the damned and The Unthinking Lobster by
Orson Welles, directed by the author
- 1950: Poof by
Armand Salacrou, directed by
Yves Robert
- 1950: Pourquoi pas moi by Armand Salacrou, directed by
Jacques Dumesnil
- 1950: Le Château du carrefour by
Odette Joyeux
- 1951: L'Ile heureuse by
Jean-Pierre Aumont, directed by
Pierre Dux
- 1951: Ce monde n'est pas fait pour les anges by
Pascal Bastia
- 1951: Tapage nocturne by Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon, directed by Jean Wall
1951: Elizabeth Hijar
- 1951:
The Innocents by
William Archibald, directed by
Roland Piétri
- 1951: Ombre chère by
Jacques Deval, directed by the author
- 1953: Demeure chaste et pure by
George Axelrod, adaptation Jacques Deval, directed by
Jacques Deval
- 1954: Souviens-toi mon amour by
André Birabeau, directed by Pierre Dux
- 1955:
Il y a longtemps que je t'aime by Jacques Deval, directed by
Jean Le Poulain
- 1955: Isabelle et le pélican by Marcel Franck, mise en scène
Marc Camoletti
- 1955:
Témoin à charge by
Agatha Christie, directed by
Pierre Valde
- 1955: Le Système deux by Georges Neveux, directed by
René Clermont
- 1955:
Fric-Frac by
Édouard Bourdet,
- 1955: La Cuisine des anges by
Albert Husson, directed by
Christian-Gérard
- 1955: Zamore by Georges Neveux, directed by Henri Soubeyran
- 1956: La Nuit du 4 août by Albert Husson, directed by Christian-Gérard
- 1956: Le mari ne compte pas by
Roger-Ferdinand, directed by
Jacques Morel
- 1957:
Une femme trop honnête by
Armand Salacrou, directed by Georges Vitaly
- 1957: Le monsieur qui a perdu ses clefs by
Michel Perrin, directed by
Raymond Gérôme
1958: Raymond Rouleau
- 1958: Oncle Otto by
Jacques Mauclair, directed by the author
- 1958: Nous entrerons dans la carrière by René Catroux, directed by Raymond Rouleau
- 1958: Virage dangereux by
John Boynton Priestley, directed by Raymond Rouleau
1958: Claude Génia
Starting in 1958, Claude Génia becomes responsible for the theatre and introduces new notable plays such as
L'Année du bac, Jours heureux,
Bonheur, impair et passe… and a new generation of actors like
Sami Frey, Francis Nani,
Jacques Perrin,
Roger Dumas,
Juliette Gréco,
Daniel Gélin,
Michel de Ré,
Jean-Louis Trintignant,
Marthe Mercadier, Jean Le Poulain...
- 1958:
Lady Godiva by
Jean Canolle, directed by
Michel de Ré
- 1958: L'Enfant du dimanche by
Pierre Brasseur, directed by
Pierre Valde
- 1958:
L'Année du bac by
José-André Lacour, directed by
Yves Robert
- 1960: Carlota by
Miguel Mihura, adaptation
Emmanuel Robles, directed by
Jacques Mauclair
- 1960:
De doux dingues by
Michel André after Joseph Carole, directed by Jean Le Poulain
- 1961: Huit Femmes by
Robert Thomas, a remake of which was later realised by the film director
François Ozon,
Huit Femmes, directed by Jean Le Poulain
- 1962: Bichon by
Jean de Létraz, directed by
Jean Meyer
- 1963: Sémiramis by
Marc Camoletti, directed by Michel de Ré
- 1963: L'Âge idiot by
Jean Meyer, directed by Maurice Guillaud
- 1964:
Bonheur, impair et passe by
Françoise Sagan, directed by the author with
Claude Régy
- 1964: Tim by
Pol Quentin after
Paul Osborn, directed by
Jacques-Henri Duval
- 1964:
Diary of a Madman by
Nikolai Gogol, directed by
François Perrot and
Roger Coggio
- 1964: Le Deuxième Coup de feu by
Robert Thomas, directed by Pierre Dux
- 1965: Pourquoi pas Vamos by
Georges Conchon, directed by
Jean Mercure
- 1965: Les Bargasses by
Marc'O, directed by the author
- 1965: La Nuit de Lysistrata by
Aristophanes, directed by
Gérard Vergez
- 1965: Les Filles by
Jean Marsan, directed by Jean Le Poulain
- 1965:
Chat en poche by
Georges Feydeau, directed by
Jean-Laurent Cochet
- 1966:
Faust by
Christopher Marlowe, directed by Jean-Louis Andrieux
1966: Wilfrid Dodd
In 1967,
Francis Veber presents his first play L'Enlèvement.
Simone Valère and
Jean Desailly play Double Jeu by
Robert Thomas before
Robert Lamoureux and
Françoise Rosay introduce La Soupière, a comedy.
Claude Dauphin is Shylock in
The Merchant of Venice adaptation
Thierry Maulnier before
Elvire Popesco again plays La Mamma by André Roussin.
- 1966: Ange pur by
Gaby Bruyère, directed by
Francis Joffo
- 1966: Seule dans le noir by Frédéric Knott, adaptation
Raymond Castans, directed by Raymond Rouleau
- 1966: La Polka des lapins by
Tristan Bernard, directed by
Nicole Anouilh
- 1967: Xavier by
Jacques Deval, directed by
Jacques-Henri Duval
- 1967: Frédéric by
Robert Lamoureux, directed by
Pierre Mondy
- 1968: Des enfants de cœur by
François Campaux, directed by
Christian-Gérard
- 1968: L'Amour propre by
Marc Camoletti, directed by the author
- 1968: L'Enlèvement by
Francis Veber, directed by
Jacques Fabbri
- 1969: Voyage à trois by
Jean de Létraz, directed by
Robert Manuel
- 1969: L'Assassinat de Sister George by Franck Marcus, adaptation
Jean Cau, directed by
Andréas Voutsinas,
- 1969: Les Garçons de la bande by
Mart Crowley, directed by Jean-Laurent Cochet
1970: Robert Thomas
- 1974:
- 1975:
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Le Système Ribadier by Georges Feydeau, directed by Robert Manuel
- Dix minutes d'alibi by
Anthony Armstrong, adaptation
Maurice Renault, directed by
Jacques Ardouin
-
La Nuit du 16 janvier by
Ayn Rand, adaptation Marcel Dubois, directed by
André Villiers
- La Complice by
Jacques Rémy after a novel by
Louis C. Thomas, directed by Jacques Ardouin
- Trésor party by Bernard Régnier after
P. G. Wodehouse, directed by Jacques Ardouin
-
Chat en poche by Georges Feydeau, directed by Jean-Laurent Cochet
- Demandez Vicky by Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon after
Alan Melville and Fred Schiller, directed by
Jacques-Henri Duval
-
Le Pape kidnappé by João Bethencourt, adaptation André Roussin, directed by René Clermont
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La Facture by
Françoise Dorin, directed by Jacques Charon
- Ah ! La Police de papa ! by
Raymond Castans, directed by Jacques Charon
-
Quelqu'un derrière la porte by
Jacques Robert, directed by André Villiers
-
Le noir te va si bien by
Jean Marsan after Saul O'Hara, directed by Jean Le Poulain
- Le Nu au tambour by
Noël Coward, adaptation Albert Husson, directed by
Jacques-Henri Duval and
Jean Degrave
- Les Hannetons by
Eugène Brieux, directed by René Clermont
- Un homme d'action by William Dinner and William Morum, adaptation
Pol Quentin, directed by
Grégoire Aslan
- Il était une gare by
Jacques Deval, directed by
Jacques Mauclair
- Le Sourire de la Joconde by
Aldous Huxley, adaptation Georges Neveux, directed by Raymond Gérôme
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The Mandrake by Roland Jouve after
Machiavelli, directed by Jacques Ardouin
- Inspecteur Grey by André Faltianni and Alfred Gragnon, directed by Robert Manuel
- Mon cœur balance by
Michel Duran, directed by
Claude Nicot
- Monsieur Silence by
Jean Guitton, directed by
Christian Alers
- Les Derniers Outrages by
Robert Beauvais, directed by
Michel Roux
-
Lady Godiva by
Jean Canolle, directed by
Michel de Ré
- On croit rêver by
Jacques François, directed by the author
- Le Moulin de la galette by
Marcel Achard, directed by Max Fournel
-
La Rabouilleuse by
Émile Fabre after
Honoré de Balzac, directed by Robert Manuel
- 1976:
- Le Pirate by
Raymond Castans, directed by
Jacques Sereys
- Sacrés Fantômes by
Eduardo De Filippo, directed by
Jean Michaud
- Seul le poisson rouge est au courant by
Jean Barbier and
Dominique Nohain, directed by Dominique Nohain
- La Sainte Famille by André Roussin, directed by Georges Vitaly
- Am-Stram-Gram by André Roussin, directed by
Claude Nicot
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La Bagatelle by
Marcel Achard, directed by
Jean Meyer
- Fanny et ses gens by
Jerome K. Jerome, adaptation André Méry and
Pierre Scize, directed by Raymond Gérôme
- Le Guilledou by Michael Clayton Hutton, adaptation Constance Coline, directed by Robert Manuel
- Week-end by
Noël Coward, adaptation André Méry and
Antoine Bibesco, directed by Jacques Ardouin
- Le monsieur qui attend by
Emlyn Williams, adaptation André Roussin, directed by Georges Vitaly
- La Charrette anglaise by
Georges Berr and
Louis Verneuil, directed by
Jean-Laurent Cochet
- Xavier ou l'héritier des Lancestre by
Jacques Deval, directed by Robert Manuel
- Le Cœur sous le paillasson by Harold Brooke and Kay Bannerman, adaptation
Alexandre Breffort, directed by
Michel Vocoret
- La Femme de paille by
Catherine Arley, directed by Raymond Gérôme
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L'Héritière by
Ruth Goetz and Augustus Goetz, adaptation Louis Ducreux, directed by René Clermont
- Un mois à la campagne by
Ivan Turgenev, adaptation Albert Husson, directed by Jean Meyer
- La Frousse by
Julien Vartet, directed by René Clermont
- Le Coin tranquille by
Michel André, directed by Michel Vocoret
- Une femme presque fidèle by
Jacques Bernard, directed by
Jacques Mauclair
- Le monsieur qui a perdu ses clés by
Michel Perrin, directed by Robert Manuel
- Attends-moi pour commencer by Joyce Rayburn, adaptation
Jean Marsan, directed by
Michel Roux
1976: Simone Valère and Jean Desailly
1978: Pierre Bergé
Under the direction of
Pierre Bergé the
repertory expands with the creation of Nous ne connaissons pas la même personne by
François-Marie Banier and Navire Night by
Marguerite Duras.
Robert Hirsch is invited in 1979 after a long career at the
Comédie-Française and successfully plays in
Deburau.
1981: Jacqueline Cormier
First apparition of
Philippe Caubère on a Parisian stage in January 1982 in his Danse du Diable. That same year
Edwige Feuillère chose the Théâtre Édouard VII to return on the stage in La Dernière Nuit de l'été.
Jean Poiret and
Maria Pacôme play
Joyeuses Pâques. In 1983,
Strindberg has his only and great popular success in Paris with
Miss Julie played by
Niels Arestrup and
Fanny Ardant after
Isabelle Adjani.
The year before that of his anniversary, Sacha Guitry returns home, thanks to
Jean-Claude Brialy and
Marie-José Nat, playing as a couple in
Désiré.
With Chapitre II de Noël Simon, adapted by
Pierre Barillet and
Jean-Pierre Gredy and directed by Pierre Mondy, both
Mireille Darc and
Jean Piat returns on stage.
La Répétition ou l'Amour puni by
Jean Anouilh is played by
Pierre Arditi,
Emmanuelle Béart,
Anny Duperey,
Bernard Giraudeau and
Béatrice Agenin, directed by Bernard Murat.
Paris discovers the English adaptation of the French classic
Dangerous Liaisons with
Bernard Giraudeau and
Caroline Cellier. The season ends in May 1989 with Un mois à la campagne, dramatic comedy by
Turgenev, with
Isabelle Huppert, in a mise-en-scène by Bernard Murat.
- 1982: La Danse du diable by
Philippe Caubère
- 1982: La Dernière Nuit de l'été d'
Alexei Arbuzov, directed by
Yves Bureau
- 1983:
Miss Julie by
August Strindberg, adaptation
Boris Vian, directed by
Andréas Voutsinas
- 1983:
Joyeuses Pâques by
Jean Poiret, directed by Pierre Mondy
- 1984:
Désiré by Sacha Guitry, directed by
Jean-Claude Brialy
- 1984:
Treize à table by Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon, directed by René Clermont
- 1985: Chapitre II by
Neil Simon, adaptation
Pierre Barillet and
Jean-Pierre Gredy, directed by Pierre Mondy
- 1986:
La Répétition ou l'Amour puni by
Jean Anouilh, directed by
Bernard Murat
- 1986: Les Clients by
Jean Poiret, directed by Bernard Murat
- 1987: Époque épique by
Bernard Haller and
Jean-Claude Carrière, with Bernard Haller
- 1988:
Les Liaisons dangereuses by
Christopher Hampton after
Choderlos de Laclos, directed by
Gérard Vergez
- 1988: Glengarry Glen Ross by
David Mamet, directed by
Marcel Maréchal
1989: Julien Vartet
The season starts in October 1989 with a new director, Julien Vartet and many
comédies en vaudevilles which he authored: Point de feu sans fumée, Décibel, La Frousse, Archibald. These comedies alternate with an eclectic program: revival of Maxibules, a forgotten play by
Marcel Aymé.
At the end of October 1994, the season starts with two plays by Georges Feydeau,
On purge Bébé and
Feu la Mère de Madame with
Muriel Robin,
Pierre Richard and
Darry Cowl, in a
mise-en-scene by Bernard Murat.
Julien Vartet undertakes important works of renovation which lead to the air conditioning of the venue.
- 1989: Un mois à la campagne by
Ivan Turgenev, directed by Bernard Murat
- 1989: Point de feu sans fumée by Julien Vartet, directed by
Jean-Paul Tribout
- 1990: Les Maxibules by Marcel Aymé, directed by
Gérard Savoisien
- 1990:
Le Plaisir de rompre and
Le Pain de ménage by
Jules Renard are interpreted by
Anny Duperey,
Bernard Giraudeau and Bernard Murat in a mise-en-scène by the latter
- 1991: Décibel by Julien Vartet, directed by
Gérard Savoisien
- 1991: Jeanne et les juges by
Thierry Maulnier, directed by
Marcelle Tassencourt
- 1991: Même heure l'année prochaine by
Bernard Slade, directed by
Roger Vadim
- 1992: Les Enfants d'Édouard by Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon, directed by
Jean-Luc Moreau
- 1993: La Frousse by Julien Vartet, directed by
Raymond Acquaviva
- 1993:
Toâ by Sacha Guitry, directed by
Stéphane Hillel
- 1993: Durant avec un T by Julien Vartet, directed by
Daniel Colas
- 1994: La Nuit à Barbizon by Julien Vartet, directed by
Gérard Savoisien
- 1994:
On purge bébé by
Feu la mère de Madame by Georges Feydeau, directed by Bernard Murat
- 1994: Décibel by Julien Vartet, directed by
Gérard Savoisien
- 1995: Archibald by Julien Vartet, directed by
Daniel Colas
- 1998: Les Cinémas de la rue d'Antibes by Julien Vartet, directed by the author
- 1999: Archibald by Julien Vartet, directed by Jacqueline Bœuf
2001: Bernard Murat and Jean-Louis Livi
After it was closed one year, the theatre reopened in September 2001 under the codirection by Bernard Murat and Jean-Louis Livi.
- 2001:
La Jalousie by Sacha Guitry, directed by Bernard Murat, with
Michel Piccoli,
Anne Brochet,
Stéphane Freiss and
Annick Alane
- 2002:
Sarah by
John Murrell, adapted by
Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, directed by Bernard Murat, with
Robert Hirsch and Fanny Ardant then
Anny Duperey
- 2003:
Petits crimes conjugaux by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, directed by Bernard Murat, with
Bernard Giraudeau and for the first time on stage,
Charlotte Rampling
- 2003:
L'Invité, first play by
David Pharao, directed by
Jean-Luc Moreau,
Patrick Chesnais,
Évelyne Buyle, and
Philippe Khorsand
- 2004: Lunes de miel, comedy by
Noël Coward, adaptation Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, directed by Bernard Murat will be played some 250 times by the couple
Pierre Arditi and
Evelyne Bouix
- 2005:
Amitiés sincères by
François Prévôt-Leygonie and
Stéphan Archinard, directed by Bernard Murat, with Bernard Murat and
Michel Leeb
- 2005: Mémoires d'un tricheur by Sacha Guitry, adapted, directed and played by
Francis Huster
- 2006: Deux sur la balançoire by
William Gibson, adaptation
Jean-Loup Dabadie, directed by Bernard Murat, with
Alexandra Lamy and
Jean Dujardin
- 2006: Le Vieux Juif blond, first play by
Amanda Sthers, originally interpreted par
Mélanie Thierry and directed by
Jacques Weber, then by
Fanny Valette under the direction of Bernard Murat
- 2006: Les Grandes Occasions by Bernard Slade, directed by Bernard Murat, with
Clémentine Célarié dans
Jean Reno
- 2007:
L'Idée fixe by
Paul Valéry, interpreted for the second time, some 20 years later, by
Pierre Arditi and Bernard Murat, directed by Bernard Murat
2007: Bernard Murat
In September 2007, the théâtre Édouard VII celebrates the year of Sacha Guitry (1885–1957) with two shows:
The following plays were all directed by Bernard Murat:
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