René-Charles Guilbert de Pixerécourt was a French theatre director and playwright, active at the Théâtre de la Gaîté and best known for his modern melodramas such as The Dog of Montarges, the performa
Portrait of Guilbert de Pixerécourt, 1822, by Sophie Chéradame
Costume sketch for the actor Ferdinand in the rôle of the Tsar in La Fille de l'exilé, given at the Théâtre de la Gaîté, 13 March 1819
The Théâtre de la Gaîté, a former Parisian theatre company, was founded in 1759 on the boulevard du Temple by the celebrated Parisian fair-grounds showman Jean-Baptiste Nicolet as the Théâtre de Nicol
René-Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt
…René-Charles Guilbert de Pixerécourt (22 January 1773 – 27 July 1844) was a French theatre director and playwright, active at the Théâtre de la Gaîté and best known for his modern melodramas such as The Dog of Montarges, the performance of which at Weimar roused the indignation of Goethe. He was born…
The Théâtre de la Gaîté's fourth and last theatre on the boulevard du Temple, used from 1835 to 1862
According to Howarth this is Nicolet's first theatre on the boulevard du Temple (before 1762). Other authors have identified it as Nicolet's theatre at the Foire Saint-Laurent. A parade, a short comic entertainment designed to entice passersby to buy tickets, is being performed on the balcony. Gouache, Musée Carnavalet.
An entr'acte at Nicolet's theatre
Plans of the Ambigu-Comique (left), which opened in 1769, and the Gaîté (right), which opened in 1764