Angers: Grand Théâtre

Country: France
Region: Pays de la Loire
Department: Maine-et-Loire
City: Angers
Location: place du Ralliement

Built 1865-1871 by Auguste-Joseph Magne, replacing a former theatre (built 1794-1795 by Thoribel and Chartier, destroyed by fire on 4-5 Dec 1865). Ceiling painting by Jules Eugène Lenepveu. Opened 11 Nov 1871. Originally 1160 seats. In the 1900s converted into a cinema ("Grand Cinéma"). Later reconverted into a live theatre.

Links: www.angers.fr, EUTA, Wikipedia

Angers: Grand Theatre Front Text: "Angers (Maine-et-Loire)"
Reverse Text: "Angers Au Temps Jadis, Le Théâtre"
Publisher: Editions d'art Yvon, Paris; 15 49 0044
Type: ca. 1980 postcard of a 19th-century image
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Angers: Grand Theatre Front Text: "Angers, Place du Ralliement - Le Théâtre"
Publisher: Collet, édit., Angers; 30
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Longué to Kempten im Allgäu (Germany) [date illegible]

Angers: Grand Theatre Picture: auditorium ceiling painting by Jules-Eugène Lenepveu
Front Text: "Angers - Le Plafond de la Salle du Théâtre, Œuvre magistrale du grand peintre Angevin Jules Lenepveu qui, généreusement l'offrit à sa ville natale"
Publisher: Cartes Dego-Collection Artistique Louis Quartier
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: to Chartres, 1908

Angers: Grand Theatre Front Text: "Angers - Le Théâtre"
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Angers to Le Pellerin, 1911

Angers: Grand Theatre Front Text: "Angers - Façade du Théâtre"
Publisher: ?; 65
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Angers: Grand Theatre Front Text: "Angers", "Place du Ralliement. - Le Grand Théâtre"
Type: Blank Back; possibly from a souvenir folder, not designed for postal use
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Angers: Grand Theatre Front Text: "Angers - Place du Ralliement - Le Théâtre"
Publisher: LL; 125
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Angers: Grand Theatre Front Text: "Angers. Le Théâtre."
Handwritten Reverse Text: dated 31 Oct 1940
Publisher: Edition J. Poterie, Angers; 135
Type: Real Photo
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Angers: Grand Theatre Reverse Text: "Angers. La Place du Ralliement, le Théâtre et la Cathédrale. Le Théâtre, reconstruit en 1871 après un incendie, s'élève au centre du quartier animé de la ville. / The Place of the Ralliement, the Theater and the Cathedral. The Theater, reconstructed in 1871, after a fire, stands in the middle of the busy quarter of the town."
Publisher: Editions de Luxe "Estel" Lavelle & Cie., Paris; 2208
Type: Real Photo
Size: Modern
Sent: to La Chapelle-sur-Oudon [postmark without location or date]

Angers: Grand Theatre Front Text: "Les merveilles du val de Loire - Angers (Maine-et-Loire) - La place du Ralliement et le théâtre"
Publisher: Editions Valoire, Blois; 3369
Size: Modern
Sent: from Angers to Paris, 1979

Angers: Grand Theatre Front Text: "Angers"
Reverse Text: "Les merveilles du val de Loire - Angers (Maine-et-Loire) - Le théâtre"
Publisher: Editions Valoire, Blois; A 3373
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Angers: Grand Theatre Front Text: "Angers"
Reverse Text: "Les merveilles du val de Loire - Angers (Maine-et-Loire) - Le théâtre"
Publisher: Editions Valoire, Blois; B 3304
Size: Modern
Not sent.

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