The Comédie-Française on Record
Les Femmes savantes — Brunot and Croüé, sociétaires
1 Jan 1929 · 4 min
Brunot and Croüé, sociétaires — Molière. Recorded 1929, His Master's Voice. Disc digitised by the Great 78 Project; public domain.
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1929–1938 · His Master's Voice, Lumen, Selmer
The Comédie-Française on Record
The house of Molière, sociétaire by sociétaire
The Comédie-Française is the one theatre company in the world old enough to have a continuous performance tradition running back to its founding playwright, and in the late 1920s it began putting that tradition on disc — sociétaires of the house, in the parts they played at the Salle Richelieu, recorded four minutes at a time. It is a strange, valuable archive: not a production, but a set of core samples through one. Molière's own company, three centuries later, is audible here in the diction and the timing.
11 broadcasts · 6 seasons held · Salle Richelieu, Paris
19292
Brunot and Croüé, sociétaires — Molière. Recorded 1929, His Master's Voice. Disc digitised by the Great 78 Project; public domain.
19302
Denis d'Inès — Molière and Lully. Recorded 1930, His Master's Voice. Disc digitised by the Great 78 Project; public domain.
Denis d'Inès — Molière and Lully. Recorded 1930, His Master's Voice. Disc digitised by the Great 78 Project; public domain.
19322
The Comédie-Française on Record
“Non, non, sans s'emporter…” — Albert-Lambert and Mary Marquet
1 Jan 1932 · 4 min
Albert-Lambert and Mary Marquet — Molière. Recorded 1932, La Voix de Son Maitre. Disc digitised by the Great 78 Project; public domain.
The Comédie-Française on Record
“O ciel! de mes transports…” — Albert-Lambert and Mary Marquet
1 Jan 1932 · 4 min
Albert-Lambert and Mary Marquet — Molière. Recorded 1932, La Voix de Son Maitre. Disc digitised by the Great 78 Project; public domain.
19352
Pierre Bertin — Béranger. Recorded 1935, Lumen. Disc digitised by the Great 78 Project; public domain.
Pierre Bertin — Desaugiers. Recorded 1935, Lumen. Disc digitised by the Great 78 Project; public domain.
19361
The Comédie-Française on Record
Le Malade imaginaire — Béatrice Dussane and Louis Seigner
1 Jan 1936 · 2 min
Béatrice Dussane and Louis Seigner — Molière. Recorded 1936, Selmer. Disc digitised by the Great 78 Project; public domain.
19382
Aimé Clariond — Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac. Recorded 1938, Selmer. Disc digitised by the Great 78 Project; public domain.
Aimé Clariond — Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac. Recorded 1938, Selmer. Disc digitised by the Great 78 Project; public domain.