Comedie Francaise is not only the most famous French theater, but also the country's only repertory theatre on government funding. It is located in the city center, near the Palais Royal.

Stood at the origins of king Louis XIV. Inveterate theatre-goer, he issued a decree, bringing together two leading Parisian troupe in "the Theatre of the French comedians" and granted him the exclusive right to broadcast performances in Paris. The theatre has received financial support and the superintendent, determines the repertoire and the cast.

The court theatre was a partnership of actors ("Societe"). Income was divided by the shares outstanding due to the members of the partnership (the"societatem"). This structure was maintained all the time, except during the French revolution. Then, the Constituent Assembly was renamed Comedie Francaise Theatre in the Nation and has canceled all of his privileges. The company is immediately divided into royalists and Republicans. The Republicans have created the Theatre of the Republic. The Jacobins arrested all remaining in the company, and sentenced to the guillotine. Sentenced to death were rescued after the overthrow of Robespierre.

The creative life of the theater was thoroughly regulated by the Charter, approved by Napoleon during his seat in Moscow. Forty rules of the Charter demanded weekly meetings of the company, the duties of soetero to play on stage every day without the right of refusal of the role. This structure persists to this day, except that soetero became more. Besides them, the local scene is played by guest actors, "boarders". Each boarder is seeking to shift the status of societey be thoroughly enhances the earnings.

Informal name of the theatre is the House of Moliere: the troupe of the great comedians played in the Palais Royal from 1661 to 1673. In the theater kept the chair in which supposedly died instantly during a performance of "the Imaginary invalid" (in fact he died at home).

On the stage of the Comedie Francaise was played by Sarah Bernhardt, Jeanne of Samara, Jean Marais. Theatre traditions include the continued observance of high drama, emphasized attention to speech and language. Today the music scene is almost unique in the world of classical theatre on a national scale, boldly going on creative experiments.