The théâtre Tristan-Bernard is a private Parisian theatre located at 64 rue du Rocher in the 8th arrondissement of Paris.
Built in 1911 by the foundation Léopold-Bellan (which still owns it today) to host meetings and educational shows of its institution of young girls, the venue opened in 1919 to the public under the name Théâtre Albert-I, in honor of king of Belgium.
Tristan Bernard took the lead in 1930. He renamed it Théâtre Tristan-Bernard and presented his comedies for a season. After his departure, the theater regained its name Théâtre Albert-Ier.
In 1936, the comedian Charles de Rochefort, on his return from the United States where he worked for Cecil B. de Mille, reopened the theater, which became the Théâtre Charles-de-Rochefort with Allo, Police-secours, a police play under the pseudonym Chas D. Strongstone. The success incited him to present many police and suspense plays. The Young Theater Companies competition was organized every year in May. Mobilized and wounded during the Second World War, he had to hand over the direction to his wife, the actress Mary Grant, a task she would undertake until 1972, with her son Jean Dejoux.
In 1973, Dominique Nohain, the son of animator Jean Nohain, bought the theater and renamed it Théâtre Tristan-Bernard. Edy Saiovici succeeded him in 1986 and directed the venue until his death in 2013 · He was replaced by his wife Mireille.
Note : dates in brackets refer to the first performance.
1924: Le Cercle de feu
1925: Le Magicien prodigieux after Calderon de la Barca, adaptation by Henri Ghéon (3 Decembre)
1929: Les Vrais Dieux by Georges de Porto-Riche, directed by Henri Desfontaines (22 November)
1931: La Crise ministérielle by Tristan Bernard (15 January)
1931: Le Sauvage by Tristan Bernard, directed by Henri Burguet (19 February)
1931: La Belle Hôtesse by Carlo Goldoni, directed by Georges Pitoëff (14 October)
1931: L'Admirable Dalila and Salomon le Sage Tristan Bernard (28 October)
1932: Le Doyen des enfants de chœur, comedy in 3 acts by Maxime Léry and Guy d'Abzac (12 November)
1936: Allô, Police-secours by Chas D. Strongstone, directed by Charles de Rochefort
1937: L'Étrange Croisière by Anne Mariel, directed by Charles Rochefort
1938: Frénésie by Charles de Peyret-Chappuis, directed by Charles de Rochefort (3 February)
1942: La Tornade by Pierre Maudru, directed by Charles de Rochefort
1944: Le Tombeau d'Achille d'André Roussin, directed by the author
1944: Antigone by Robert Garnier, adaptation by Thierry Maulnier
1945: Horace by Corneille, directed by Noël Vincent (October)
1946: Mariana Pineda by Federico Garcia Lorca, adaptation by Marcel Moussy,directed by Sylvain Dhomme (February) April)
1946: Mala by Jean Laugier, directed by the author (20 June)
1946: Créanciers by August Strindberg, directed by Charles de Rochefort (July)
1947: L’Ombre d’un franc-tireur by Seán O'Casey, directed by André Clavé (January)
1947: Le Ciel et l’enfer by Prosper Mérimée, directed by André Clavé (January)
1952: On ne voit pas les cœurs by André Chamson, directed by Christian-Gérard
1952: La Jacquerie by Prosper Mérimée, directed by Clément Harari (13 November)
1953: L'Homme au parapluie by William Dinner and William Morum, adaptation by Pol Quentin, directed by Georges Vanderic](5 May)
1955: Les Fiancés de la Seine by Morvan Lebesque, directed by René Lafforgue (13 May)
1955: Liberty Bar by Frédéric Valmain after Georges Simenon, directed by Jean Dejoux (17 October)
1956: Traquenard by Frédéric Valmain after James Hadley Chase, directed by Jean Dejoux
1957: Un remède de cheval by Leslie Sands, directed by Jean Dejoux (5 November)
1958: La Famille Hernandez by Geneviève Baïlac, directed by the author (12 April)
1958: Meurtres en fa dièse by Frédéric Valmain after Boileau-Narcejac, directed by Jean Dejoux (5 December)
1959: Homicide par prudence by Frédéric Valmain after Double Cross by John O'Hare, directed by Jean Dejoux
1960: Ana d'Eboli by Pierre Ordioni, directed by Pierre Valde (1 October)
1960: Sammy by Pol Quentin after Ken Hughes, directed by Jean Dejoux (25 November)
1961: Deux pieds dans la tombe de Frédéric Valmain after J. Lee Thompson, directed by Jean Dejoux
1962: Illégitime Défense by Frédéric Valmain, directed by Jean Dejoux (10 January)
1962: Pas d'usufruit pour tante Caroline by Frédéric Valmain,directed by Jean Dejoux
1963: Le Troisième Témoin by Dominique Nohain, directed by the author
1964: Le Procès de maître Ferrari by Frédéric Valmain and Jean Rebel, directed by Maurice Guillaud
1967: L'Élixir du Révérend Père Gaucher, Le Secret de maître Cornille, Les Trois Messes basses, after Alphonse Daudet, directed by Jean Dejoux (11 March)
1968: Le Mystère de River Lodge by Reginald Long, directed by Daniel Crouet
1968: Le Verdict by James Cartier, directed by Daniel Crouet
1973: Seul le poisson rouge est au courant by Jean Barbier and Dominique Nohain, directed by Dominique Nohain (25 May)
1978: Crime à la clef by Alain Bernier and Roger Maridat, directed by Jean-Paul Cisife (23 September)
1979: Changement à vue by Loleh Bellon, directed by Yves Bureau (2 February)
1979: L'Avocat du diable by Dore Schary, directed by Marcelle Tassencourt (7 September)
1979: Comédie pour un meurtre by Jean-Jacques Bricaire and Maurice Lasaygues, directed by Dominique Nohain (27 October)
