Le théâtre érotique de la rue de la Santé : son histoire  

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Le théâtre érotique de la rue de la Santé : son histoire (1864-1866) is a book published by Poulet-Malassis. It contains the texts "La Grisette et l'Etudiant" by Henry Monnier; "Le dernier jour d'un condamné" by Jean-Hippolyte Tisserant ; "Les Jeux de l'amour et du hazar" by Lemercier de Neuville; "Un caprice" by Lemercier de Neuville; "Scapin maquereau" by Albert Glatigny; "Signe d'argent" by Amédée Rolland and J. Duboys; "Le bout de l'an de la noce" by Lemercier de Neuville and J. Du Boys and "La grande symphonie des punaises".

"Before we get to the end of our forage into the nineteenth century, let us say a little about erotic theatres, particularly the erotic theatre on the Rue de la Sante, previously referred to. This erotic theatre, which actually existed from 1862 to 1864 owes its rise to a drunken jest. In the circle of young bohemians some one got the idea of, creating a little puppet theatre for the amusement of a few chosen ones. Droll pieces were to be presented and no limits were to be set to the fancies of the poets. The theatre was opened in the presence of twenty-five young authors, publishers and artists. Among the invited guests were Chamfleury, Monselet, Daudet, and Poulet-Malassis. These presentations even found a favorable review in the press. Some of the comments were: Still a new theatre. An intimate theatre. Theatron eroticon that is, a theatre with love arousing marionettes. But without excitation, and everything is held within moral bounds. The harlequin thrusts have at all times been the guardians of morality and when the mother cannot bring her little daughter here, this hospitable place will become the pleasurable gathering place of talented artists and literati." --EHoF