The Coronation
of Voltaire
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The dilapidated state of the theatre on
Rue des Fossés-Saint-Germain forced the Comédiens-Français to move temporarily to the Salle des Machines at the
Tuileries Palace in 1770. There the première of
Beaumarchais's Le Barbier de Séville took place
in 1775. Voltaire's bust was crowned on stage following a
triumphant performance of his tragedy Irène in
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