Comédie Française

American  

[kaw-mey-dee frahn-sez] / kɔ meɪ di frɑ̃ˈsɛz /

noun

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

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Comédie Française British  

/ kɔmedi frɑ̃sɛz /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

In 1906, Coubertin invited dozens of artists and art figures to the Comédie Française in Paris.

From New York Times

At 18, Bernhardt joined the prestigious company of the Comédie Française theater, in Paris, but she wouldn’t stay long.

From New York Times

Bernhardt, it seems, became accustomed to the hustle, and not long after she was kicked out of the Comédie Française she broke out in an 1868 revival of “Kean” by Alexandre Dumas.

From New York Times

The exhibit snakes loosely through the chronology of her life: from her beginnings on stage after Alexandre Dumas took her to the Comedie Francaise, to her most famous roles such as Joan of Arc, Phaedra and Cleopatra — showcasing the dazzling costumes worn at the Theater Sarah Bernhardt that were for Americans then an emblem of Paris at the dawn of the modern fashion industry.

From Seattle Times

As the group approached the Louvre, participants were ambushed by phalanxes of armor-clad riot officers who had hidden near the colonnades of the nearby Comédie Française.

From New York Times