90:
25:
189:, 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 the rights from the former court at the Tuileries, she successfully put on Italian operas in French translations, attracting the envy of the
162:, 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 the presence of
146:. On her return to Paris, she installed herself in 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.
221:
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
257:
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
54:
261:. Nevertheless, the regime change at this time was not favourable to her - the troupe was transferred to the salle Favart in 1802, then placed under the direction of
154:
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
138:, 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
233:
on 25 Brumaire (15 November) on the pretext of having received funds from the
English and from Marie-Antoinette or having wanted to set fire to the neighbouring
424:
100:
434:
409:
304:
429:
404:
364:
223:
291:. 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.
389:
419:
414:
374:
369:
194:
399:
333:
384:
76:
394:
246:
379:
206:
190:
359:
178:
37:
218:
47:
41:
33:
89:
288:
242:
312:
234:
238:
58:
283:
She transferred her Variétés there and on 24 June 1807, the Tout-Paris assisted in the first production of the
269:
99:
262:
249:). Declared innocent, she was freed ten months later and received large sums of money as compensation.
354:
349:
277:
210:
159:
174:
258:
214:
265:
in 1804, and in 1803 - when
Montansier was in prison several weeks for debt - de Neuville died.
329:
170:
155:
308:
237:, the troupe of "chanteurs-comédiens" which she had created were merged into that of the "
230:
241:" on Faubourg Saint-Germain, with their former building passing into the control of the
143:
343:
182:
272:
finding that she kept them in the shade) but still infatigable, she convinced
158:
and through her in 1775 gained the exclusive rights to balls and shows at the
139:
163:
131:
316:
273:
245:(it would be destroyed in 1820 in reprisals for the assassination of the
185:. After major restoration works, she re-opened it on 12 April 1790 with
135:
205:
She and 85 artistes and employees of her theatre followed the armies of
280:, despite a decree limiting the number of theatres in Paris to just 8.
115:
268:
Forced to leave the Palais-Royal by decree in 1806 (the neighbouring
119:
98:
88:
18:
303:, with prologue, was put on in tribute to her in 1904 at the
173:, she set herself up in Paris in the company of her lover,
217:
and then taking over the leadership of the troop at the
328:
Patricia
Bouchenot-Déchin, La Montansier, Perrin, 2007 (
177:(stage name "de Neuville"), and took possession of the
46:but its sources remain unclear because it lacks
276:to authorise her to build a new theatre on the
226:(now square Louvois), opening it on 15 August.
122:), was a French actress and theatre director.
8:
77:Learn how and when to remove this message
142:, establishing her own dress shop in
7:
425:Women theatre managers and producers
201:Comédiens de la République française
224:"Théatre-National" on rue de la Loi
16:French actress and theatre director
435:19th-century French businesspeople
410:18th-century French businesspeople
14:
430:19th-century French businesswomen
405:18th-century French businesswomen
365:Actresses from Nouvelle-Aquitaine
23:
390:French women theatre directors
1:
420:19th-century theatre managers
415:18th-century theatre managers
375:19th-century French actresses
370:18th-century French actresses
110:, known by her stage name of
299:A four-act comedy entitled
451:
400:People from Saint-Domingue
207:Charles François Dumouriez
191:Académie Royale de Musique
313:Gaston Arman de Caillavet
181:under the arcades of the
118:– 13 July 1820, in
385:French theatre directors
130:At 14 she fled from the
32:This article includes a
395:Directors of La Monnaie
289:Marc-Antoine Désaugiers
112:Mademoiselle Montansier
61:more precise citations.
380:French stage actresses
235:Bibliothèque Nationale
179:Théâtre des Beaujolais
150:Royal theatre director
114:(19 December 1730, in
104:
96:
94:Mlle Montansier (1790)
219:Théâtre de la Monnaie
103:Marguerite Montansier
102:
92:
278:boulevard Montmartre
211:Austrian Netherlands
187:Les Epoux Mécontents
160:Palace of Versailles
360:People from Bayonne
305:Théâtre de la Gaîté
263:Louis-Benoît Picard
169:Profiting from the
287:, a vaudeville by
270:Comédiens-Français
259:rue de la Victoire
229:Imprisoned by the
215:battle of Jemmapes
195:Porte Saint-Martin
105:
97:
34:list of references
285:Panorama de Momus
213:, helping at the
171:French Revolution
108:Marguerite Brunet
87:
86:
79:
442:
315:and directed by
239:Théâtre-Français
193:, exiled to the
156:Marie-Antoinette
82:
75:
71:
68:
62:
57:this article by
48:inline citations
27:
26:
19:
450:
449:
445:
444:
443:
441:
440:
439:
340:
339:
325:
309:Robert de Flers
297:
255:
203:
166:and his queen.
152:
128:
95:
83:
72:
66:
63:
52:
38:related reading
28:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
448:
446:
438:
437:
432:
427:
422:
417:
412:
407:
402:
397:
392:
387:
382:
377:
372:
367:
362:
357:
352:
342:
341:
338:
337:
334:978-2262026813
324:
321:
296:
293:
254:
251:
202:
199:
175:Honoré Bourdon
151:
148:
144:Saint-Domingue
127:
124:
93:
85:
84:
42:external links
31:
29:
22:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
447:
436:
433:
431:
428:
426:
423:
421:
418:
416:
413:
411:
408:
406:
403:
401:
398:
396:
393:
391:
388:
386:
383:
381:
378:
376:
373:
371:
368:
366:
363:
361:
358:
356:
353:
351:
348:
347:
345:
335:
331:
327:
326:
322:
320:
318:
314:
310:
307:, written by
306:
302:
301:La Montansier
294:
292:
290:
286:
281:
279:
275:
271:
266:
264:
260:
252:
250:
248:
244:
240:
236:
232:
227:
225:
220:
216:
212:
208:
200:
198:
196:
192:
188:
184:
180:
176:
172:
167:
165:
161:
157:
149:
147:
145:
141:
137:
133:
125:
123:
121:
117:
113:
109:
101:
91:
81:
78:
70:
60:
56:
50:
49:
43:
39:
35:
30:
21:
20:
323:Bibliography
300:
298:
284:
282:
267:
256:
247:duc de Berry
228:
204:
186:
183:Palais-Royal
168:
153:
129:
111:
107:
106:
73:
67:January 2013
64:
53:Please help
45:
355:1820 deaths
350:1730 births
243:Paris Opéra
134:convent in
59:introducing
344:Categories
253:Later life
140:Martinique
126:Background
209:into the
164:Louis XVI
274:Napoleon
136:Bordeaux
132:Ursuline
116:Bayonne
55:improve
332:
317:Réjane
295:Legacy
231:Terror
120:Paris
40:, or
330:ISBN
311:and
346::
319:.
197:.
44:,
36:,
336:)
80:)
74:(
69:)
65:(
51:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
