Variétés-amusantes i [Paris]
type: Item
description: Theatre building in Paris, France, opened 1779
alternative label: Variétés-amusantes i
EEConde: Paris 9
Field: architecture
Type of information: Performance venue
Importance: Not rated
City: Paris
opening date: 1779-01-01T00:00:00Z
Country: France
Address: 52, Rue de Bondy (actuelle Rue René Boulanger)
demolished: 1780-01-01T00:00:00Z
time frame: Baroque
Note: "located between the Hôtel Foulon [site of the later Théâtre Historique] and the site of the later Cirque-Olympique[13]Théâtre Lyri-Comique (1800)Théâtre des Variétés-Amusantes (3rd, 1803)Nouveaux Troubadours (1805)Closed in 1807 by Napoleon's decree on the theatres, most of the building was demolished except for the entry hall, which continued to be used for exhibiting trained dogs and monkeys performing tricks"