Comédie Française

[ kaw-mey-dee frahn-sez ]

noun

1. the French national theater, founded in Paris in 1680, famous for its repertoire of classical French drama.

Comédie Française

/ kɔmedi frɑ̃sɛz /

noun

1. the French national theatre, founded in Paris in 1680

Example Sentences

We have men of every trade here, and, among the rest, we have actors enough to stock the Comédie Française.

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Even the inveterate critics praised her, despite their creed that, outside the Comédie Française, one should not seek perfection.

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Two or three more years of study will land this gifted boy on the boards of the Comédie Française.

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Those words mean to her an assured career, a brilliant future, the doors of the Comédie Française flung wide open to receive her.

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Every August now a temporary stage is erected in the ancient theater, and the Comédie Française gives performances there.

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