The plays listed below premiered at the Grand Guignol Theatre between the years of 1897 and 1899. The original French title of the play is listed first in color, followed by a rough English translation (in parentheses), the genre, and the playwright(s). While the list is extensive, it is not necessarily complete. If you know of any corrections or additions, feel free to email us.
1897
Boniments
de Mlle Guignol
(Good Tidings from Miss Guignol) 'prologue,' Hugues Delorme
Coup de fusil (Rifle Blow)
comedy, Georges Courteline
La Brême (slang
for a prositute's I.D. Card) 'mœurs populaires,' Oscar
Méténier
La Peur du carnet (The Fear
of a Notebook) comedy, Jean Drault
Le Protecteur (The Guard) comedy,
E. Fournière
Leur frère (Their Brother)
drama, Jean Lorrain
Leur Régime (Their Mode)
'saynète,' Georges Docquois and Émile Codey
Lui! (Him!) drama, Oscar Méténier
Mademoiselle Fifi (Miss Fifi)
drama, Oscar Méténier
Miss Zut (Miss Darn It) comedy,
Auguste Germain
Monsieur Badin (Mr. Badin)
comedy, Georges Courteline
Quand on l'est… (When
One Was…) 'saynète,' Georges Docquois and Émile
Codey
Retour de marin (Sailor's Return)
comedy Tristan Bernard
Sans dot (Without a Dowry)
drama, Jean Lorrain
Théodore cherche des allumettes (Theodore Looks for Matches) comedy, Georges Courteline
1898
Business (Business) comedy,
Gustave Scheler and J. Sainville
Cher ami (Dear Friend) comedy,
Félicien Champsaur and Henri François
Crise ministérielle
(Cabinet Crisis) comedy, Bertol-Graivil
En famille (In the Family)
drama, Oscar Méténier
La Bérichonne (no translation)
comedy, Léo Trézenik
La Revanche de Dupont l'Anguille
(The Revenge of Dupont l'Anguille) drama, Oscar Méténier
L'Ami de l'ordre (The Friend
of the Order) drama, G. Darien
Le Billet de logement (The
Rent) comedy, Gabriel Denval
Le Chien (The Dog) comedy,
Ernest Vois
Le Marchand de microbes (The
Merchant of Microbes) parade, Henri Céard and Henry
de Weinel
Le Ménage Rousseau (The
Rousseau Household) comedy, Léo Trézenik
Le Million (The Million) comedy,
P. Dornans and Henri François
Le Sacrement de Judas (The
Sacrament of Judas) drama, Louis Tiercelin
Leur estomac (Their Stomach)
comedy, Charles Quinel
L'Innocent criminel (The Innocent
Criminal) comedy, René Dubreuil and Luois Latourette
Mam'zelle Ad'laide (Miz Ad'laide)
comedy, Léo Trézenik
Rompons! (Let's Break!) 'saynète,'
Louis Autigeon
Une manille (A Manillian) comedy,
Ernest Vois
Voyageuse (Traveler) 'saynète,'
Georges Docquois and Émile Codey
1899
Amants et Princesses (Lovers
and Princesses) fantasie, Jean-Joseph Renaud, Georges Maurevert
Au Fort Chaptal! (At Fort Chaptal!)
revue, Hugues Delorme
Balancez vos dames (Balance
Your Ladies) 'comedie-vaudeville,' Paul Gavault and Georges
Berr
Demi-Faust (Half-Faust) 'folie-parodie,'
Marcel Lihus
Elle! (Her!) drama, Ernest
Vois
Frivolette (Frivolette) comedy,
Albert Monniot
Jules (Jules) comedy, Henri
François and Gaston Derys
L'Aiguilleur (The Eel Man)
drama, Claude Roland
Le Sang de navet (The Blood
of a Turnip) comedy, Miguel Zanacoïs
Le Vrai Corage (The True Courage)
comedy, Tristan Bernard
Les Boulingrins (no translation)
comedy, Georges Courteline
Les Loups (The Wolves) drama,
Marc Bonis-Charancle
Les Oubliettes (The Dungeons)
comedy, Marc Bonis-Charancle
Mufles! (Boors!) 'étude,'
de moeurs Ernest Vois and Alain Monjardin
Octave ou les Projets d'un mari (Octave,
or The Projects of a Husband) comedy, Tristan Bernard
Rosalie (Rosalie) comedy, Max
Maurey
Vieux Ménages (Old Couples)
comedy, Octave Mirbeau