Tag: Le Sept Chateaux du Diable

Imagery from various productions of “Les sept châteaux du diable:feerie en quatre acts et vingt-deux tableaux. Various productions and theatres, mostly from 1844, one from the 1870s.











Les sept châteaux du Diable, XIe tableau, La polka : Francisque, rôle de Ganuche, Mademoiselle Léontine, rôle de Regaillette : Galerie dramatique, Théâtre de la Gaîté.  French. Published in Paris by Martinet, Hautecoeur frères in 1844. Hand colored engraving after Alexandre Lacauchie (1814-1886). Collections of the gallica.bnf.fr, the Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Bibliothèque-musée de l’opéra. In the public domain due to age. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b105410766.item#





Les sept châteaux du Diable. Sketch for the set for Act II, Scene 7 ‘Avarice.’ Egyptian Revival looking. Staged at the Théâtre Impérial du Châtelet on December 9, 1844. Charcoal and white highlights on paper. Jean-Louis Chéret, artist/designer (1820-1882).  Collections of the gallica.bnf.fr, the Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Bibliothèque-musée de l’opéra. In the public domain due to age. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b7001269w.r=Les%20sept%20ch%C3%A2teaux%20du%20Diable?rk=42918;4#





Théâtre du Châtelet – Les sept châteaux du Diable, feerie en quatre acts et vingt-deux tableaux, de Monsieurs Dennery et Clairville (Dessin de M. Scott). Staged at the Théâtre Impérial du Châtelet on October 14, 1876. Published in 1876. M. Scott, designer. Collections of the gallica.bnf.fr, the Bibliothèque nationale de France. In the public domain due to age. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b531179353.r=Les%20sept%20ch%C3%A2teaux%20du%20Diable?rk=128756;0#