The plays listed below premiered at the Grand Guignol Theatre between the years of 1920 and 1929. 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.
1920
11 bis, rue de l'Arcade (11
Arcade Street) comedy, Albert Willemetz and Pierre Despras
Bout de banc (End
of the Bank) comedy, Léo Marchès
and Clèment Vautel
Devant la mort (Before Death)
drama, Alfred Savoir and Léopold Marchand
Et les enfants recommencent
(And the Children Start Again) comedy, Charles Oulmont
La Menace (The Threat) comedy,
Berr de Turique and André Bisson
La Rencontre (The Meeting)
comedy, Laurat
La Vipère (The Viper)
comedy, Jules Mauris
Le Sorcier (The Wizard) drama,
Maurice Level
Les Pervertis (The Perverted)
drama, André de Lorde and Pierre Chaine
Logement d'un jour (Lodging
for A Day) comedy, Pierre Palau (after Jack London)
Réveil (Alarm Clock)
comedy, Almeret and E. Dessart
Sur la banc (On the Bench)
comedy, Charles-Henry Hirsch
Un petit trou pas cher (A Small,
Inexpensive Hole) comedy, Yves Mirande and Henry Caen
Une heure d'amour (One Hour
of Love) comedy, Charles Hellem and Pol d'Estoc
Une riche affaire (A Rich Affair)
comedy, Pierre Veber and Pierre Montrel
1921
Au petit jour (At the Small
Day), André de Lorde and Jean Bernac
Dernière jour (Last
Day) comedy, René Wisner
Du berger à la bergère
(From Shepard to the Shepardess) comedy, Robert Dieudonné
Ensevelis (Buried) drama, Paul
Arosa
La Dame de bronze et le monsieur cristal
(The Bronze Lady and the Crystal Gentleman) comedy, Henri
Duvernois
La Revanche de l'amitié
(The Revenge of Friendship) comedy, Léon Michel (after
Henri Duvernois)
La Sonate polanaise (The Polish
Sonata) comedy, Marc Daubrive
La Suite à demain (The
Day After Tomorrow) comedy, Jean Bastia
Le Beau Rôle (The Beautiful
Role) comedy, Max Maurey and Henry Duvernois
Le Marquis de Sade (The Marquis)
de Sade drama, Charles Méré
Le Rapide #13 (The #13 Express)
drama, Jean Sartène
L'Égorgée (The
Throat Slasher) drama, Pierre-Louis Rehm
L'Heureux Gagnant (The Happy
Winner) comedy, Pierre Chaine and Robert de Beauplan
L'Homme de la nuit (The Man
of the Night) drama, Léo Marchès
Mado (Mado) comedy, Maurice
Level
Monsieur Mésian (Mr.
Mesin) comedy, Pierre Veber
Retour d'âge (Return
of an Age) comedy, André Lang
Un troisième acte (A
Third Act) comedy, Serge Veber
Une fille (A Girl) drama, Jean
d'Astorg
Vive Boulbasse! (Long Live
Boulbasse!) comedy, Régis Gignoux
1922
Au téléphone
(With the Telephone) drama, André de Lorde
La Glorieuse Incertitude (Glorious
Uncertainty) comedy, Henry Lee
La Maison des morts vivants
(The House of the Living Dead) drama, Pierre-Louis Rehm
(after Clude Farrère)
Le Démon noir (The Black
Demon) drama, André-Paul Antoine
Le jardin des supplices (The
Torture Garden) drama, Pierre Chaine (after Octave Mirbeau)
Le Jugement Gahuchet (The Gahuchet
Judgment) comedy, A. de Roquevaux
Le Kâma soûtra
(The Kama Sutra) comedy, Régis Gignoux
Le Linceul d'or (The Gold Shroud)
drama, Jean d'Astorg
Le Satyre des tunnels (The
Satyr of the Tunnels) vaudeville, Marcel Simon
L'Expert (The Expert) comedy,
André de Lorde
L'Ombre d'une fleur (The Shade
for a Flower) drama, E.M. Laumann and Florent Duthuit
Madame de Rhodes… voyante!(
Madame de Rhodes… Conspicuous!) comedy, Dominique
Bonnaud and Léon Michel
Pierre Dupont (Pierre Dupont)
comedy, Lucien Descaves
Première Consultation
(First Consultation) comedy, Albert Willemetz
Prenez ma dame (Take My Lady)
comedy, Maxime Girard
Seul (Alone) comedy, Henri
Duvernois
Une nuit à Londres (A
Night in London) drama, Gustave Fréjaville (afetr
Charles Dickens)
Vingt-deux, rue des Vertus
(22 Street of Virtues) comedy, Madeleine Guitty
1923
Donnez-vous, ma chère!
(This I Give You, My Dear!) comedy, Jean Divrac
Il fut aimé! (It Was
Liked) comedy, M. Armory
Je grogne?… moi! (Grumble?…
Me?) comedy, Maxime Girard
J'veux voir Virginie (I Want
to See Virginia) comedy, José de Bérys
La Gosse (The Kid) comedy,
Alfred Machard
La Jalouse (The Jealous One)
comedy, Michel Bréga and Georges Hoffmann
La mort qui rôde (The
Prowling Death) drama, Pierre Del Vidre (after Walsworth
Camp)
La Nouvelle Héloïse
(The New Héloïse) comedy, Alfred Savoir
L'Appel du clown (The Call
of the Clown) comedy, Régis Gignoux
Le Joueur (The Player) 'comdie
dramatique,' Denys Amiel (after Fred Causse)
Les Crucifiés (The Crucified)
drama, André-Paul Antoine and Charles Poidloué
Les Damnés (The Damned)
drama, Pierre Chaine
L'Euthanasie, ou le Devoir de tuer
(Euthanasia, or The Duty to Kill) drama, René Berton
L'Héritage (The Heritage)
comedy, Yves Mirande
Névrose (Neurosis) drama,
Arquilliére
Papa m'a dit (Daddy Told Me)
comedy, Laurent Doillet
Paysanneries judicaires (Prison
Farms) comedy, André Lévy-Oulmann
Pour tuer le temps (To Kill
Time) comedy, Max Maurey
Puisqu'il faut l'être
(Since It Must Be) comedy, Jean Divrac
Soyons nous-mêmes (Let
Us Be Ourselves) comedy, Max Hardy
Sur la dalle (On the Slab)
drama, André de Lorde (with George Montignac)
Un client peu sérieux
(A Not So Serious Customer) comedy, Serge Veber
Un drame à la Salpêtrière
(A Tragedy at the Salpêtrière) drama, André
de Lorde
Un fait «divers»
(Various "Facts") drama, Jean Bastia and André
Lévy-Oulmann
Un vrai costaud (A Truly Strapping
Man) comedy, Léon Michel and Georges Day
1924
C'est vous la nouvelle? (Are
You the New One?) comedy, Serge Veber
Deux Tourtereaux (Two Crabs)
comedy, Paul Ginisty
J'ai laissé dire! (I
Have Said) comedy, Maxime Girard
La Maison du passeur (The House
from the Past) drama, Paul Armont and Louis Verneuil
La Nuit tragique de Raspoutine
(The Tragic Night of Raspoutin) drama, André-Paul
Antoine
L'Affaire de la rue Mouffetard
(The Mouffetard Street Affair) comedy, André Le Bret
and Maurice de Grendel
Le Cercueil de chair (The Coffin
of Flesh) drama, André de Lorde and Henri Bauche
Suivez-la, jeune homme (Follow
It, Young Man) comedy, Maxime Girard
1925
Chabichou (Chabichou) comedy,
Henri Duvernois
Dans le bled marocain (In the
Moroccan Village) drama, Jack Jouvin
La Cible (The Target) drama,
René Berton
La Fifille à sa mémère
(The Little Girl and Her Grandma) comedy, Romain Coolus
L'Age d'or (The Golden Age)
comedy, Régis Gignoux and Jaques Théry
L'Amant de la mort (The Lover
of the Dead) drama, Maurice Renard (after the novel "Le
Rendez-Vous")
Le cabinet du Dr Caligari (The
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari) 'hallucination,' André de
Lorde and Henri Bauche (after
the film by Carl Mayer and Hans Janowitz)
Le Monde renversé (The
World Turned Upside Down) comedy, Régis Gignoux
Le Renard (The Fox) comedy,
Pierre Wolff
L'Étreinte (The Embrace)
drama, André de Lorde and Pierre Chaine
Mon cher confrère (My
Dear Comrade) comedy, René Berton
Sur la lande (On the Moor)
drama, Fabien Solar
Un accès de jalouise
(Giving Way to Jealousy) comedy, Raymond Durieux
Un crime dans une maison de fous
(A Crime in a Madhouse) drama, André de Lorde and
Alfred Binet
Une femme dans le cœur
(A Woman in the Heart) comedy, André de Lorde
1926
Cette Pauvre Élisa (This
Poor Élisa) comedy, Madeleine Guitty
La Cellule 13 (Cell 13) drama,
Roland Dreyfus
La Clémentine Piérafoux
(no translation) comedy, Henri Duvernois
La Fosse aux filles (The Girl
Pit) drama, Max Maurey (after Alexandre Kouprine)
L'Argent… voilà le bonheur!
(Money,,,That's Happiness!) comedy, Raymond de Durieux
Le Chevalier Canepin (Chevalier
Canepin) comedy, Henri Duvernois
Le Spectre sanglant (The Bloody
Specter) drama, Jean Aragny
Les Nuits rouges de la Tchéka
(The Red Nights of Tchéka) drama, André de
Lorde and Henri Bauche
L'Étrangleuse (The Lady
Strangler) drama, André de Lorde
Lucette et sa tante (Lucette
and her Aunt) comedy, Maxime Girard
Œil pour Œil (An
Eye for an Eye) comedy, René Berton
Un drame à bord (A Tragedy
On-Board) drama, Georges Adriel
1927
Ciel! C'est lui… (Sky!
It is Him…) comedy, A. Birabeau and Marcel Nancey
La Prison du vice (The Prison
of Vice) drama, Georges Adriel
Le Bonheur retrouvé
(Happiness Found) comedy, Max Maurey
Le Navire aveugle (The Blind
Ship) drama, Max Maurey (after Jean Barreyre)
Le Passé d'Aurélie
(Aurélie's Past) comedy, Roland Dreyfus
Sait-on jamais? (One Never
Knows?) comedy, Maxime Girard
1928
A l'ombre de la guillotine
(In the Shade of the Guillotine) comedy, Jean Bastia
Asile de nuit (Night Shelter)
comedy, Max Maurey
C'était pour moi (It
Was for Me) comedy, Maxime Girard
Gott mit uns (God Is With Us)
drama, René Berton
La chambre ardente (The Burning
Room) drama, André de Lorde and Henri Bauche
La Nuit du 12 au 13 (The Night
from 12 to 13) drama, Claude Orval
L'Accordeur (The Agreement)
comedy, Rosemonde Gérard
Le Haricot vert (The Green
Bean) comedy, Henri Duvernois
Le Poignard malais (The Malayan
Dagger) drama, Jean Aragny (after Tristan Bernard)
Le Professeur (The Professor)
comedy, Henri Duvernois
Le Rendez-Vous du
4 (The Rendez-Vous of 4) drama, Roland Dreyfus
Les Nuits du bagne (The Nights
in a Labor Camp) drama, Charles Foleÿ
Les Oreillons (The Mumps) comedy,
Alfred Machard
L'Homme à l'oreille fendue
(The Man With the Split Ear) comedy, André Mycho
L'Homme nu (The Naked Man)
drama, Charles Méré
L'homme qui a tué la mort
(The Man Who Killed Death) drama, René Berton
Paysages maritimes (Maritime
Landscapes) comedy, Jack Jouvin
1929
Fortuné (Fortunate)
comedy, Robert Delamare
Le 2 août 1914 (August
2 1914) drama, Guy Bernard
Le Baiser de sang (The Kiss
of Blood) drama, Jean Aragny and Francis Neilson
Le Cheval de cirque (The Circus
Horse) comedy, Régis Gignoux
Le Faiseur de monstres (The
Maker of Monsters) drama, Charles Hellem and Pol d'Estoc
Le Presbytère de l'épouvante
(The Presbytery of Terror) drama, Edmond Gilbert
Les Pantins du vice (The Puppets
of Vice) drama, Charles Méré
Les Voisins (The Neighbors)
comedy, Henri Duvernois
L'icône qui s'éteint
(The Icon Which Dies Out) drama, Pierre Palau (adapted from
the novel "La Steppe rouge"
by Joseph Kessel)
Mets un Chapeau! (Put on a
Hat!) comedy, Pierre Giafféri
Pipe et Madame (Pipe and Lady)
comedy, Roger Ferdinand
Plaisir-Hôtel (Pleasure
Hotel) comedy, Roger Ferdinand