Théâtre du Rond-Point

Théâtre du Rond-Point is a theatre in Paris, located at 2bis avenue Franklin-D.-Roosevelt, 8th arrondissement.

History

The theatre began with an 1838 project of architect Jacques Ignace Hittorff for a rotunda in the Champs Elysees. Inaugurated in 1839, this structure was integrated with other Hittorff buildings for the Exposition Universelle (1855) and destroyed the following year. A new replacement panorama, Le Panorama National, was designed by architect Gabriel Davioud at the corner of the Avenue d'Antin (now Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt) and the Champs-Élysées.

In December 1893, the rotunda became the Palais des Glaces (Ice Palace), one of the most popular attractions of Belle Epoque Paris.

In the post-war years, the Theatre du Rond-Point was one of the principal venues—along with the Theatre Marigny and the Theatre de l'Odeon—where the Madeleine Renaud-Jean-Louis Barrault Company introduced the world to many of the plays of Jean Giraudoux, Eugène Ionesco, Jean Anouilh, and Samuel Beckett.^[1]

The theatre was managed by Jean-Louis Barrault from 1958 to 1968, when he was dismissed from the Gare d'Orsay during the student uprising in the spring of that year.^[1] The theatre was renovated in 1981. Further renovations in were done in 2002 under the directorship of Jean-Michel Ribes. The theatre is now devoted to the work of living authors.

References

1 2 Riding, Alan (1994-01-23). "Jean-Louis Barrault, 83, Director And Actor in the French Theater". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2011-09-28.

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Official website

8th arrondissement of Paris

Neighbourhoods	Quartier des Champs-Élysées Quartier du Faubourg-du-Roule Quartier de la Madeleine Quartier de l'Europe

Primary and secondary schools	Lycée Chaptal Lycée Racine Cours Hattemer Lycée Fénelon Sainte-Marie

Colleges and universities	Intégrale : Institut d'enseignement supérieur privé

Landmarks	Arc de Triomphe Champs-Élysées Grand Palais Élysée Palace Four Seasons Hotel George V Hôtel de Crillon Hôtel de Marigny Hôtel de la Marine La Madeleine Musée Bouilhet-Christofle (closed) Musée Cernuschi Musée Jacquemart-André Musée Nissim de Camondo Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Paris Palais de la Découverte Parc Monceau Petit Palais Pinacothèque de Paris (closed) Place Charles de Gaulle Place de la Concorde Luxor Obelisk Pont Alexandre III Pont de l'Alma Pont de la Concorde Pont des Invalides Royal Monceau Raffles Paris Saint-Augustin, Paris The Scots Kirk, Paris Théâtre des Champs-Élysées Théâtre du Rond-Point

Paris Métro stations	Alma – Marceau Champs-Élysées – Clemenceau Charles de Gaulle – Étoile Concorde Courcelles Europe George V Liège Madeleine Miromesnil Monceau Place de Clichy Rome Saint-Augustin Saint-Lazare Saint-Philippe du Roule Ternes Villiers

SNCF stations	Gare Saint-Lazare

Coordinates: 48°52′04″N 2°18′39″E / 48.86778°N 2.31083°E / 48.86778; 2.31083

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