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Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Theatre de la Rue Saint Pierre or Le Spectacle de la Rue Saint Pierre, was the first (French speaking) theatre in New Orleans in Louisiana, active in 1792-1810. It opened in 1792 and was known to the Spanish citizens as El Coliseo and to the French citizens, La Salle Comedie. It was described as a small building of native lumber near the center of the city. It was located on the Uptown side of St. Peter Street between Royal & Bourbon Streets, in what is now called the French Quarter. In 1792, Parisians, Jean-Louis Henry and Louis-Alexandre Henry purchased a piece of property measuring 64 feet by 128 feet from Louis McCarty. In a letter dated October 6, 1792, two days after the offcial opening of the theatre on October 4th, Baron Joseph Delfau de Pontalba wrote to ex-Louisiana governor, Esteban Miro the following description of the theater's interior:The theatre was opened on October 4, Mr. de Carondelet's (Governor of Louisiana, 1792-1797) Saint's Day. Two of the male actors ar etolerable , the others bad; the actresses are fit to be run off [the stage] with a broom to their backs. The theatre is small, but quite pretty.... There are twelve loges in the theatre which are all rented at $200 to $300 each per year, and they are reserved a month before the opening. The amphitheatre seats are 6 esaclins each, and the pit and gallery 4 each.A troupe under Carondelet begun to perform in the city; they were probably refugee actors from Saint Domingue. The troupe performed regularly until 1800, and was properly organized in 1794. In 1793, Madame Dursoier, who was the new director, began to hire Quadroon actresses. On 22 May 1796, the opera Silvain by André Grétry, became the first opera performed in New Orleans. The French actress, Jeanne- Marie Marsan, was the leading actress at the theatre for the 1795-96 season. In 1797, there were fourteen actors employed at the theatre's troupe. When the order of the theatre was established in the contract of 1797, Jeanne Marsan was among the actors granted benefit performances, and together with Clerville and Delaure, the highest paid actor altogether with a salary of §70. In 1798, the stockholders of the theatre asked for and were granted a gambling permission to finance the theatre. In 1800, an etiquette argument about reserved seats in the theatre lead to the closure of the theatre, officially because the gambling concession was to have been abused, but it was opened again in 1802. In 1803, the theatre was closed due to the bad condition of the building. In 1804, the building had been repaired and the theatre was permitted to open again. The cast was made up mostly of refugees from St. Dominique (Haiti). However in face of competition from newer larger theaters, the Theatre St. Pierre again went out of business, the building being auctioned off in 1810. This theater burned down in the same 1816 fire that destroyed the first Théâtre d'Orléans.. }

• Theatre_de_la_Rue_Saint_Pierre abstract "Theatre de la Rue Saint Pierre or Le Spectacle de la Rue Saint Pierre, was the first (French speaking) theatre in New Orleans in Louisiana, active in 1792-1810. It opened in 1792 and was known to the Spanish citizens as El Coliseo and to the French citizens, La Salle Comedie. It was described as a small building of native lumber near the center of the city. It was located on the Uptown side of St. Peter Street between Royal & Bourbon Streets, in what is now called the French Quarter. In 1792, Parisians, Jean-Louis Henry and Louis-Alexandre Henry purchased a piece of property measuring 64 feet by 128 feet from Louis McCarty. In a letter dated October 6, 1792, two days after the offcial opening of the theatre on October 4th, Baron Joseph Delfau de Pontalba wrote to ex-Louisiana governor, Esteban Miro the following description of the theater's interior:The theatre was opened on October 4, Mr. de Carondelet's (Governor of Louisiana, 1792-1797) Saint's Day. Two of the male actors ar etolerable , the others bad; the actresses are fit to be run off [the stage] with a broom to their backs. The theatre is small, but quite pretty.... There are twelve loges in the theatre which are all rented at $200 to $300 each per year, and they are reserved a month before the opening. The amphitheatre seats are 6 esaclins each, and the pit and gallery 4 each.A troupe under Carondelet begun to perform in the city; they were probably refugee actors from Saint Domingue. The troupe performed regularly until 1800, and was properly organized in 1794. In 1793, Madame Dursoier, who was the new director, began to hire Quadroon actresses. On 22 May 1796, the opera Silvain by André Grétry, became the first opera performed in New Orleans. The French actress, Jeanne- Marie Marsan, was the leading actress at the theatre for the 1795-96 season. In 1797, there were fourteen actors employed at the theatre's troupe. When the order of the theatre was established in the contract of 1797, Jeanne Marsan was among the actors granted benefit performances, and together with Clerville and Delaure, the highest paid actor altogether with a salary of §70. In 1798, the stockholders of the theatre asked for and were granted a gambling permission to finance the theatre. In 1800, an etiquette argument about reserved seats in the theatre lead to the closure of the theatre, officially because the gambling concession was to have been abused, but it was opened again in 1802. In 1803, the theatre was closed due to the bad condition of the building. In 1804, the building had been repaired and the theatre was permitted to open again. The cast was made up mostly of refugees from St. Dominique (Haiti). However in face of competition from newer larger theaters, the Theatre St. Pierre again went out of business, the building being auctioned off in 1810. This theater burned down in the same 1816 fire that destroyed the first Théâtre d'Orléans.".