Paris . epresented hereMme de S^vignd wrote, Racine fait des comddies pourla Champmesld ; ce nest pas pour les sifecles ^ venir. Vivedone notre vieil ami Corneille ! In 1680 the Com^diensitaliens took the theatre of the Hotel de Bourgogne, wherethey obtained a great success for seventeen years, but weresuppressed in May, 1697, for having produced a piece called La fausse Prude, in which Mme de Maintenon fanciedherself represented, and thus drew upon herself a qualifica-tion not originally intended for her. The Comddiens italienswere restored by the Regent dOrl^ans, and obtained a greatcelebrit
Paris . epresented hereMme de S^vignd wrote, Racine fait des comddies pourla Champmesld ; ce nest pas pour les sifecles ^ venir. Vivedone notre vieil ami Corneille ! In 1680 the Com^diensitaliens took the theatre of the Hotel de Bourgogne, wherethey obtained a great success for seventeen years, but weresuppressed in May, 1697, for having produced a piece called La fausse Prude, in which Mme de Maintenon fanciedherself represented, and thus drew upon herself a qualifica-tion not originally intended for her. The Comddiens italienswere restored by the Regent dOrl^ans, and obtained a greatcelebrity through the performance of Riccoboni and Benozzi,and the plays of Marivaux and Delisle. In 1723, the actorsof the Hotel de Bourgogne were called Com^diens ordiuaires * La plus miraculeusement bonne comedienne. 128 PARIS du Roi, and their title was inscribed over the gate of thehotel. The theatre was closed and pulled down in 1783,but it may be regarded as having been the cradle of theCom^die TOWER OF THE h6tEL DE BOURGOGNE Nothing now remains of the ancient buildings of thehotel, except the great square tower, built by Jean sansPeur, and containing a winding staircase and vaulted gothichall. This was probably the chamber which the Duke(who by no means deserved his surname) built after the HOTEL DE BOURGOGNE 129 murder of the Duke of Orleans, toute de pierre de taille,pour sa suretd, la plus forte quil put, et terminee de machi-coulis, oil toutes las nuits il couchoit. Les degr& de Iescalier tournent autour dune colonne, qui setermine par un chapiteau tr^s-simple ; mais ce chapiteau sert de supportk une caisse ronde en pierre, cercl^e de trois anneaux doubles, doiiselancent les tiges vigoureuses dun ch^ne, dont les branches d&riventquatre trav^es dogives, et dont le feuillage abondant tapisse la vofltetout entitle. Nous ne connaissons rien de semblable dans les monu-ments du moyen Sge i Paris ; cest un syst^me domementation nonmoins remarquable par sa raret^ que pa
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