Palais-Royal theatre

Palais-Royal theatre was the opera house constructed partly on the site of the old Palais-Royal in the rue Saint-Honoré. Cardinal Richelieu had bequeathed the original Palais-Royal to the Crown, but it had been destroyed by fire in 1763 (see seventeenth-century volume for first Palais-Royal ). This new theatre required eight years to build (1763-70). It was smaller than its predecessor, but it was more functional and elegant. In fact, it was the first monumental theatre built especially and…