Théâtre de la Cité-Variétés

[1] Built by the architect Nicolas Lenoir [fr] (who also designed the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin) on the site of the Église Saint-Barthélemy, which façade it retained, the hall was inaugurated on 20 October 1792.

[2] From October 1792 to November 1793 it was named Théâtre du Palais-Variétés[2] because of its proximity to the Palais de Justice.

The repertory included comedies, comédies-vaudevilles, melodramas, patriotic scenes, opéras-bouffes, opéras-folies, opéras-comiques, ballets-pantomimes, and pantomimes.

From 11 June to 1 October 1799, the artists of the Odéon (destroyed by fire on 18 March) found sanctuary at the Cité.

Beginning on 22 January 1804 the artists of the Théâtre Olympique on the Rue de la Victoire performed at the Cité for one year.