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Théâtre Libre (tāät`rə lēb`rə), French theatrical company founded in Paris in 1887 by André Antoine Antoine, André , 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic. In opposition to the teachings of the Paris Conservatory, he formed (1887) his own company, the Théâtre Libre.
..... Click the link for more information. . Inspired by the work of the Meiningen Players Meiningen Players, German theatrical company that toured Europe from 1874 to 1890. The group, inspiring theatrical reforms wherever it performed, was a major influence in the movement toward modern theater.
..... Click the link for more information. , Antoine's theater became a showcase for naturalist drama. Plays of Zola, Becque, Brieux, and of contemporary German, Scandinavian, and Russian masters were produced. The Théâtre Libre became a model for experimental theaters throughout Europe and the United States.

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See S. M. Waxman, Antoine and the Théâtre-Libre (1926).

Théâtre Libre

a French drama theater founded in Paris in 1887 by the director A. Antoine, who headed it until it closed in 1896.

Europe’s first noncommercial theater, the Theatre Libre helped popularize works by contemporary French and foreign playwrights and produced plays not allowed in state-subsidized theaters. Its productions of L. N. Tolstoy’s The Power of Darkness (1888) and Hauptmann’s The Weavers (1893) were important events in the Parisian theater. Many plays by H. Ibsen, B. Bjørnsen, G. Verga, A. Strindberg, and I. S. Turgenev had their French premier on its stage. The Theatre Libre served as a model for other theaters in France, as well as in Germany, Great Britain, Denmark, and other countries.

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