Andromède
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Andromède is a French verse play in a prologue and five acts by Pierre Corneille, first performed on 1 February 1650 by the Troupe Royale de l'Hôtel de Bourgogne at the Théâtre Royal de Bourbon in Par
Title page (1651, 2nd edition)
Prologue: Melpomène, flying in the sky, and the Sun in his "luminously bright chariot"
Act 1: Vénus in her "glory"
Act 2: Aeole and eight Venti raise Andromède into the clouds amid thunder and lightning
The Théâtre du Palais-Royal on the rue Saint-Honoré in Paris was a theatre in the east wing of the Palais-Royal, which opened on 14 January 1641 with a performance of Jean Desmarets' tragicomedy Miram
View of the Palais-Royal in 1679. The theatre was in the east wing (on the right).
Detail plan of 1673 showing the Petite Salle in yellow and the Grande Salle in blue
General ground-floor plan of 1679 with the Grande Salle in blue (48°51′46″N 2°20′14″E / 48.862894°N 2.337255°E / 48.862894; 2.337255)
Proscenium arch with a drop-curtain for Desmarets' Mirame (1641), engraving by Stefano della Bella