Les Demoiselle De Bord De Seine

its actors (Floridor, Montfleury, La Champeslé) were acknowledged to be the most accomplished. In 1631, a new company, led by Charles le Noir and Montdory (Guillaume Desgilbert), was permitted to set up in the Hôtel du Marais on the right bank of the Seine. Between 1634 and 1646, with Corneille as its star attraction and helped by ambitious productions involving complex stage machinery, it competed successfully with both the Hôtel de Bourgogne and the popular Italian actors who, in 1653, acquired a permanent