The théâtre des Mathurins (), also called Les Mathurins, is a Parisian theatre located at 36, rue des Mathurins, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It was established in 1897.
Directions 1898–1901: Marguerite Deval 1901–1908: Jules Berny 1908: H. Mathonnet de Saint-Georges 1910–1911: théâtre de Monsieur 1911–1912: Nouveaux-Mathurins 1913–1919: Sacha Guitry (théâtre Sacha-Guitry) 1920: théâtre des Mathurins 1927–1929: René Saunier 1929–1934: Jean Sarrus 1934–1936: Jean Tedesco 1936–1939: Georges Pitoëff 1939–1953: Marcel Herrand and Jean Marchat 1953–1981: Rika Radifé 1981–1984: Henri de Menthon 1984–1997: Gérard Caillaud 1997–2000: Julien Vartet 2002–2006: Jean-Louis Livi and Bernard Murat 2006–2011: Daniel Colas and Yvan Varco Since 2011: Stéphane Engelberg, Louis-Michel Colla and Séverine Setbon
Productions Direction Marguerite Deval 1900: Le Beau Choréas, February 1900: La Petite Femme de Luth opéra burlesque by Tristan Bernard, November
Direction Jules Berny 1902: Le Page bluette in 1 act by Sacha Guitry, music Ludo Ratz, 15 April 1902: Victoires et conquêtes by Georges Courteline, 15 April 1905: La Rupture by Fernand Nozière, July 1905: Nono by Sacha Guitry, 6 December 1906: L'Infidèle by Georges de Porto-Riche 1906: Les Deux Courtisanes by Francis de Croisset, music Reynaldo Hahn, 10 October
Théâtre Sacha-Guitry 1919: Il était un petit Home by Henri Duvernois, 19 December 1920: La Danseuse éperdue by René Fauchois, 4 February 1920: La Femme fatale by André Birabeau, May 1920: Nono by Sacha Guitry, June
Théâtre des Mathurins 1921: La Huitième Femme de Barbe-Bleue by Alfred Savoir 1921: Les Deux Monsieur de Madame by Félix Gandéra, 7 October 1922: Le Pêcheur d'ombres by Jean Sarment, 16 January 1922: La Belle Poule by Marcel Nadaud, 2 February 1922: La Farce de Popa Ghéorghé by Adolphe Orna, directed by Gaston Baty, 1922: Martine by Jean-Jacques Bernard, directed by Gaston Baty, 1922: Intimité by Jean-Victor Pellerin, directed by Gaston Baty, 1923: La Huitième Femme de Barbe-Bleue by Alfred Savoir, 1923: Vertu by Alfred Savoir and Régis Gignoux 1924: Ce que femme veut by Alfred Savoir and Étienne Rey, directed by Charlotte Lysès, 5 January 1924: Akim by Victor Eftimiu, 6 February 1924: Le Chemin des écoliers by André Birabeau 1924: Ma femme danseuse by Louis Delluc, 18 October 1925: Boudu sauvé des eaux by René Fauchois, 30 March 1925: Au jardin de ma tante by Jacques Anger, 4 June 1925: Parce que de Jean Alley, 30 December 1926: Monsieur de Saint Obin by André Picard and Harold Marsh Harwood, 1 March 1926: Le Paradis perdu by Lucien Daudet and Edouard Ferras, 5 November
Direction René Saunier 1927: Baccara by René Saunier, directed by Jules Berry, Directed by Georges Pitoëff 1927: Mixture by Henri-René Lenormand, 3 November 1927: Hamlet by William Shakespeare, 11 November 1928: La Maison des cœurs brisés by George Bernard Shaw, 17 January 1928: Brand by Henrik Ibsen, 20 February 1928: Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen, 14 March 1928: La Célèbre Histoire by Saint-Georges de Bouhélier, 24 April 1928: Adam, Ève et Cie by Balgi, 18 May 1928: Mademoiselle Bourrat by Claude Anet, 4 June 1928: Week-end by Noël Coward, 22 October
Direction Jean Sarrus 1931: Le Secret de William Selby by Georges Delance after Edgar Wallace, 16 May 1931: Fabienne by Jacques Natanson, 30 September 1932: Home chat (Quand on déraille) by Noël Coward, 16 January 1932: Prenez garde à la peinture by René Fauchois, 27 February 193 : La Voie lactée by Alfred Savoir, directed by Harry Baur, 26 January 1933: La Fuite en Égypte by Robert Spitzer 1933: Boudu sauvé des eaux by René Fauchois, 5 September 1933: Argent comptant by Yvan Noé and Jean Alley, 11 December 1934: Le mari que j'ai voulu by Louis Verneuil, February
Direction Jean Tedesco Directed by Georges Pitoëff 1934: Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen, 8 June 1934: The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen, 12 October 1934: Le Chef by Drieu La Rochelle, 15 November 1934: Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw, 1 December 1935: Hommage à Luigi Pirandello after Luigi Pirandello, 17 January 1935: Ce soir on improvise by Luigi Pirandello, 19 January 1935: La Créature by Ferdinand Bruckner, 30 April 1935: Je vivrai un grand amour by Steve Passeur, 4 June 1935: La Complainte de Pranzini et de Thérèse de Lisieux by Henri Ghéon, 28 June
Directed by Georges Pitoëff 1935: Je vivrai un grand amour by Steve Passeur, 14 October 1935: Le Héros et le soldat by George Bernard Shaw, 23 November 1936: Le Merveilleux Alliage by Vladimir Kirchon, 11 January 1936: La Folle du ciel by Henri-René Lenormand, 21 February 1936: Poucette by Charles Vildrac, 21 February 1936: Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen, 11 April 1936: Tu ne m'échapperas jamais by Margaret Kennedy, 14 May 1936: Dieu sait pourquoi ? by Steve Passeur 1936: Angelica by Léo Ferrero, 23 October 1936: Quand vous voudrez by Georges Duhamel, 23 October 1936: A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, 26 November 1937: Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello, 4 January 1937: Le Voyageur sans bagage by Jean Anouilh, 17 February 1937: Amal et la lettre du roi by Rabindranath Tagore, translation by André Gide, music by Darius Milhaud, 17 February 1937: Lapointe et Ropiteau by Georges Duhamel, 30 April 1937: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, 11 June 1937: Ève by Jean Yole, 2 July 1937: Kirika by Georges Ciprian, 16 July 1937: Des abeilles sur le pont supérieur by John Boynton Priestley, 14 September 1937: He Who Gets Slapped by Leonid Andreyev, 7 October 1937: L'Échange by Paul Claudel, 17 November 1938: La Sauvage by Jean Anouilh, 12 January 1938: L'argent n'a pas d'odeur by George Bernard Shaw, 16 September 1938: La Première Famille by Jules Supervielle, 16 September 1938: Là-bas by Titaÿna, 3 November 1938: La Fenêtre ouverte by Maurice Martin du Gard, 10 December 1939: The Seagull by Anton Chekhov 1939: An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen, 18 May 1939: The Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas fils
Direction Marcel Herrand and Jean Marchat 1941: Le pavillon brûle by Steve Passeur 1941: La Fille du jardinier by Charles Exbrayat 1942: D'après nature ou presque by Michel Arnaud, directed by Marcel Herrand, 24 April 1942: Dieu est innocent by Lucien Fabre, directed by Marcel Herrand, 1 July 1942: Deirdre des douleurs by John Millington Synge, directed by Marcel Herrand 1942: Mademoiselle de Panama by Marcel Achard, directed by Marcel Herrand 1943: The Master Builder by Henrik Ibsen, directed by Marcel Herrand 1943: Le Voyage de Thésée by Georges Neveux, directed by Jean Marchat 1944: Le Malentendu by Albert Camus, directed by Marcel Herrand, 24 June 1945: Tartuffe by Molière, directed by Marcel Herrand, January 1945: Le Treizième Arbre by André Gide, directed by Marcel Herrand, January 1945: Federigo by René Laporte, directed by Marcel Herrand, 3 March 1945: Rosiers blancs by Simone Le Bargy, directed by Marcel Herrand, March 1946: Divines Paroles by Ramón María del Valle-Inclán, directed by Marcel Herrand, 12 February 1946: Primavera by Claude Spaak, directed by Marcel Herrand, June 1946: L’Extravagant Captain Smith by Jean Blanchon, directed by Marcel Herrand, October 1946: Lord Arthur Savile's Crime by Saint John Legh Clowes after Oscar Wilde, directed by Marcel Herrand, December 1947: Morts sans sépulture and The Respectful Prostitute by Jean-Paul Sartre, directed by Michel Vitold, March 1947: La Parisienne by Henry Becque, directed by Julien Bertheau, April 1947: Le Misanthrope by Molière, directed by Jean Marchat, October 1947: L'Empereur de Chine by Jean-Pierre Aumont, directed by Marcel Herrand, November 1947: L'Île de la raison by Marivaux, directed by Marcel Herrand 1947: Je vivrai un grand amour by Steve Passeur 1948: Le Bout de la route by Jean Giono, directed by Georges Vandéric, March 1948: Montserrat by Emmanuel Roblès, directed by Georges Vandéric, September 1948: N’empêchez pas la musique by Fabien Reignier, directed by Jean Marchat, December 1949: Deathwatch by Jean Genet, directed by Jean Marchat, 26 February 1949: Le Roi est mort by Louis Ducreux, 1949: Amal et la lettre du Roi by Rabindranath Tagore, translation by André Gide, directed by Jean Marchat, June 1949: Le Retour de l'enfant prodigue by André Gide, directed by Jean Marchat, June 1949: Britannicus by Racine, directed by Jean Marchat, October 1949: Héloïse et Abélard by Roger Vailland, directed by Jean Marchat, December 1950: Le Bal du Lieutenant Helt by Gabriel Arout, directed by Marcel Herrand, 1951: L’Héritière by Ruth Goetz and Augustus Goetz play in two acts and 7 tableaux after a short story by Henry James, adaptation Louis Ducreux, directed by Marcel Herrand, 9 May
Direction Rika Radifé 1953: L’homme qui a perdu son ombre by Adelbert von Chamisso, 1953: The life I gave you by Luigi Pirandello, directed by Claude Régy, 1954: Si vous aimez ceux qui vous aiment by Claude Baldy, directed by Jean Marchat, March 1954: La Découverte du nouveau monde by Morvan Lebesque, directed by Hubert Gignoux, June 1954: Le Maître et la servante by Henri Lefebvre, directed by Jean Marchat, September 1954: Portrait de famille by Nino Frank and Paul Gilson, directed by Claude Régy, 30 October 1954: Électre or La chute des masques by Marguerite Yourcenar, December 1955: L'Étourdi by Molière, directed by Henry Mary, February 1955: The Merchant of Venice de William Shakespeare, directed by Hubert Gignoux, March 1955: Pour le meilleur et le pire by Clifford Odets, directed by Raymond Rouleau, 21 April 1956: La Tour de Nesle by Frédéric Gaillardet after Alexandre Dumas, directed by Jean Le Poulain, March 1956: Le Capitaine Fanfaron by Bernard Zimmer after Plautus, directed by Henri Soubeyran, May 1956: Requiem for a Nun by William Faulkner, adaptation and mise en scène Albert Camus, 20 September 1957: Mademoiselle Fanny by Georgette Paul and Gabriel Arout after Pierre Veber, directed by Jean Mercure, 15 January 1958: Look Back in Anger by John Osborne, directed by Raymond Gérôme, 23 April 1958: Le Bal du lieutenant Helt by Gabriel Arout, directed by Raymond Gérôme 1959: Le Prince de Papier by Jean Davray, directed by Jacques Charon, 1959: Connaissez-vous la voie lactée ? by Karl Wittlinger, directed by Michel de Ré, February 1959: Les Écrivains de Michel de Saint Pierre and Pierre de Calan, directed by Raymond Gérôme, 22 September 1960: the Killer by Eugène Ionesco, directed by José Quaglio, 1960: Le Comportement des époux Bredburry de François Billetdoux, directed by the l'author, 2 December 1960: A Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney, adaptation Gabriel Arout and Françoise Mallet-Joris, directed by Marguerite Jamois, 12 February 1961: The Aspern Papers by Michael Redgrave after Henry James, adaptation Marguerite Duras, Robert Antelme, directed by Raymond Rouleau, 1 February 1961: Le Square by Marguerite Duras, directed by José Quaglio, 13 May 1961: Requiem for a Nun de William Faulkner, adaptation and mise en scène Albert Camus, 20 septembre 1961: Noir sur blanc de Brice Parain, directed by Raymond Gérôme, 14 décembre 1962: Les femmes aussi ont perdu la guerre by Curzio Malaparte, directed by Raymond Gérôme, 17 septembre 1962: Diary of a Madman by Gogol, directed by Roger Coggio and François Perrot, 17 November 1963: Léonora ou les dangers de la vertu by Marcel Jouhandeau, directed by Raymond Gérôme, January 1963: Fils de personne by Henry de Montherlant, directed by Henri Rollan, 28 September 1963: L’Embroc by Henry de Montherlant, directed by Henri Rollan], 28 September 1963: La Ville dont le prince est un enfant by Henry de Montherlant, directed by Henri Rollan, 28 September 1963: Le Petit Prince by Saint-Exupéry, 1964: Ballade pour un futur by Félix Lützkendorf, directed by Jean-Paul Cisife, February