page_title: Théâtre des Délassements-Comiques
section_title: Third (boulevard du Temple, 1841–1864)
hierarchical_section_title: Théâtre des Délassements-Comiques / Third (boulevard du Temple, 1841–1864)
caption_attribution_description: English: Theatres of the boulevard du Temple (with labels added using Photoshop Elements 4). Theatre names are from Galignani's New Paris Guide for 1862, Paris: Galignani. See pp. 467, 469–471, at Google Books.
context_page_description: Théâtre des Délassements-Comiques is a name that was used for a number of different theatres in Paris from 1785 to 1890.
context_section_description: On 12 December 1816, Madame Saqui, the tightrope-walker (or 'dancer') bought the Café d'Apollon, site of the old Théâtre des Associés, located at 52 boulevard de Temple, between the Théâtre des Funambules and the Théâtre du Petit-Lazari. Her new theatre was known as the Spectacle des Acrobates de Madame Saqui, but it closed in 1832 and was replaced with Dorsay's Théâtre du Temple. After renovation in 1841, a third theatre re-using the old name Délassements-Comiques opened at this location.
  The popular cancan dancer Marguerite Badel ('Rigolboche') appeared there from 1858 to 1860.
  With Haussmann's renovation of Paris the building on the boulevard du Temple was slated for demolition, and the company relocated to the 26 rue de Provence on 30 May 1862, finally closing in January 1864.
caption: Theatres on the boulevard du Temple, ca. 1862. The Théâtre des Délassements-Comiques is second from the right.
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