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Until the 16th century, the Hôtel de Bourgogne was the name of the Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
 residence of the Dukes of Burgundy.

In 1548, the society of the Confrères de la Passion et de la Résurrection de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ built a theatre here, on rue Mauconseil (now rue Étienne Marcel) to put on their mystery play
Mystery play

Mystery plays and Miracle plays are among the earliest formally developed plays in medieval Europe. Medieval mystery plays focused on the representation of Bible stories in Church as tableau vivant with accompanying antiphonal song....
s. However, the hôtel de Bourgogne was banned from putting on religious pieces by a decree of the parliament of Paris and in exchange the confrères de la passion won the monopoly on secular drama in Paris, and rented their theatre out to itinerant theatrical troupes.

In 1624, Pierre Le Messier
Bellerose

Bellerose, the name of two adjacent communities in New York, may refer to:*Bellerose, Queens, in New York City*Bellerose, New York, in Nassau County...
 installed his own troupe at the Hôtel de Bourgogne, and in 1628 Valleran Le Conte established his Troupe royale here thanks to the protection of Louis XIII.






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Until the 16th century, the Hôtel de Bourgogne was the name of the Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
 residence of the Dukes of Burgundy.

In 1548, the society of the Confrères de la Passion et de la Résurrection de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ built a theatre here, on rue Mauconseil (now rue Étienne Marcel) to put on their mystery play
Mystery play

Mystery plays and Miracle plays are among the earliest formally developed plays in medieval Europe. Medieval mystery plays focused on the representation of Bible stories in Church as tableau vivant with accompanying antiphonal song....
s. However, the hôtel de Bourgogne was banned from putting on religious pieces by a decree of the parliament of Paris and in exchange the confrères de la passion won the monopoly on secular drama in Paris, and rented their theatre out to itinerant theatrical troupes.

In 1624, Pierre Le Messier
Bellerose

Bellerose, the name of two adjacent communities in New York, may refer to:*Bellerose, Queens, in New York City*Bellerose, New York, in Nassau County...
 installed his own troupe at the Hôtel de Bourgogne, and in 1628 Valleran Le Conte established his Troupe royale here thanks to the protection of Louis XIII. The Hôtel de Bourgogne then began to comepete with other Parisian troupes little by little. Its repertoire
Repertoire

Repertoire may mean Repertory but may also refer to:* Repertoire , a system of theatrical production and performance scheduling* Repertoire Records, a German record label specialising in 1960s and 1970s pop and rock reissues...
 was made up of farce
Farce

A farce is a comedy written for the stage or film which aims to entertain the audience by means of unlikely, extravagant, and improbable situations, disguise and mistaken identity, verbal humour of varying degrees of sophistication, which may include sexual innuendo and word play, and a fast-paced Plot whose speed usually increases, culminat...
s with Turlupin, Gros-Guillaume, Gautier-Garguille, as well as tragedies by Alexandre Hardy
Alexandre Hardy

Alexandre Hardy was a France dramatist, one of the most prolific of all time. He claimed to have written some six hundred plays, but only thirty-four are extant....
 or Jean Rotrou
Jean Rotrou

Jean Rotrou was a France poet and tragedy.Rotrou was born at Dreux in Normandy. He studied at Dreux and at Paris, and, though three years younger than Pierre Corneille, began writing before him....
, and above all those of Pierre Corneille
Pierre Corneille

File:Pierre Corneille 3.jpgPierre Corneille was a French tragedy who was one of the three great seventeenth Century French dramatists, along with Moli?re and Jean Racine....
, when Floridor left the théâtre du Marais
Théâtre du Marais

The Th??tre du Marais has been the name of several theatres and theatrical troupes in Paris, France. The original and most famous theatre of the name operated in the 17th century....
 to take up leadership of the Hôtel de Bourgogne in 1647, then of Jean Racine
Jean Racine

Jean Racine was a France dramatist, one of the "big three" of 17th century France , and one of the most important literary figures in the Western tradition....
, with major interpreters such as Montfleury
Montfleury

Montfleury may mean:* the stage name of Zacharie Jacob, a French actor and playwright of the 17th century* the stage name of Antoine Jacob, a French actor and playwright, son of Zacharie...
 and la Champmeslé.

In 1660, the Comédie-Italienne shared the Hôtel de Bourgogne with the royal troupe for a while. In 1680, the troupe merged with that at the Hôtel Guénégaud
Hôtel de Guénégaud

During the ancien regime there were two H?tel de Gu?n?gauds in Paris....
. That troupe was already the result of a merger between the actors of the théâtre du Marais
Théâtre du Marais

The Th??tre du Marais has been the name of several theatres and theatrical troupes in Paris, France. The original and most famous theatre of the name operated in the 17th century....
 and of Molière
Molière

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, also known by his stage name Moli?re, was a French playwright and actor who is considered one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature....
's actors at the Illustre Théâtre
Illustre Théâtre

The Illustre Th??tre was a French theatre company set up by Moli?re on 30 June 1643, and shut down less than two years later on his imprisonment in August 1645....
, and also (by an edict of Louis XIV of France
Louis XIV of France

Louis XIV ruled as List of French monarchs and of King of Navarre. He ascended the throne a few months before his fifth birthday, but did not assume actual personal control of the government until the death of his prime minister , the Italians Jules Cardinal Mazarin, in 1661....
) a single permanent troupe was founded : the Comédie-Française
Comédie-Française

The Com?die-Fran?aise or Th??tre-Fran?ais is one of the few state theaters in France. It is the only state theater to have its own troupe of actors....
.

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