Private company

La Comédie Italienne

French theatre company

La Comédie Italienne (French pronunciation: [la kɔmedi italjɛn]) is a theatre in the Montparnasse district of Paris, presenting Italian commedia dell'arte plays in French translation. The present-day Comédie Italienne is situated at 19 rue de la Gaîté, where it was established in 1980 by the director Attilio Maggiulli, after the closing of his Teatrino Italiano, founded in 1975 on the avenue du Maine.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Comédie Italienne, 17-19 Rue de la Gaité, 75014 Paris, France November 2016
Photo: Guilhem Vellut from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

La Comédie Italienne (French pronunciation: [la kɔmedi italjɛn]) is a theatre in the Montparnasse district of Paris, presenting Italian commedia dell'arte plays in French translation. The present-day Comédie Italienne is situated at 19 rue de la Gaîté, where it was established in 1980 by the director Attilio Maggiulli, after the closing of his Teatrino Italiano, founded in 1975 on the avenue du Maine.2

The story

Founded by Attilio Maggiulli in 1975.1

Leadership

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Timeline

  1. 1975Founded Founded1

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