Theatre Alfred Jarry

Productions

• On the 1st and 2nd of June 1927, the first production of the theatre was staged at the Théâtre de Grenelle.^:33 It featured Antonin Artaud's Ventre brûlé; ou La Mère folle , Roger Vitrac's Les Mystères de l’amour , and Robert Aron's Gigogne.
• On 14 January 1928, the second production of the theatre was staged at the Comédie des Champs-Élysées.^:34 It featured a screening of Vsevolod Pudovkin's 1926 film Mother, and a performance of the last act of Paul Claudel's Le Partage de midi.
• On the 2nd and 9th of June 1928, the theatre staged August Strindberg's A Dream Play at the théâtre de L'Avenue.^:33
• On the 24th and 29th of December 1928 and the 5th of January 1929, the theatre staged its final production, Roger Vitrac's Victor; ou, Le pouvoir aux les enfants at the Comédie des Champs-Élysées.^:34

Notable Members

• Antonin Artaud - Founder, writer and creative director.
• Robert Aron - Founder, producer for all four productions.
• Roger Vitrac - Founder and writer.
• Yvonne Allendy - Treasurer. Yvonne also took up the role of the creation of promotional materials, such as posters and invitations.
• René Allendy - Investor. René Allendy was a friend of Artaud, and took interest in his work. René Allendy and his wife decided to help fund the Theatre Alfred Jarry, and raised 3,000 francs as an initial investment for the theatre.

  Locations

• The first set of productions was held at The Théâtre de Grenelle, which is no longer standing but once stood at 53 Rue de la Croix Nivert, Paris, France.
• The second production was held at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées.^:34
• The third set of productions were held at the :fr:Théâtre_de_l'Avenue|Théâtre de l'Avenue.
• The fourth set of productions were held at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées.