The plays listed below premiered at the Grand Guignol Theatre between the years of 1930 and 1939. 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.
1930
Délivrance (Delivery)
comedy, A. Birabeau
Dix ans et une seconde (Ten
Years and One Second) drama, Madeleine Lindauer (after Schiffer)
Hixe légionnaire (no
translation) drama, André Pérye
J'aimons tant l'argent! (I
Liked the Money So Much) comedy, Edmond Gilbert
La Confession des vieux (The
Confession of the Old Men) comedy, Roland Dreyfus
La Drogue (The Drug Addict)
drama, René Berton
La Griffe (The Claw) drama,
Jean Sartène
La Main de singe (The Monkey's
Paw) drama, Robert Nunès (after L.N. Parker and W.
Jacobs)
Les Deux Tourtereaux (The Two
Crabs) comedy, Paul Ginisty and Jules Guérin
L'Hôtel des ventes (The
Hall of Sales) comedy, René Wisner
Lou, la louve (Lou, The She-Wolf)
drama, Régis Gignoux
Maison recommandée (The
Recommended House) comedy, Roger Avermaete
Ombres rouges (Red Shades)
drama, Pierre Palau
Pas de taille (No Size) comedy,
Henri Jeanson and Claude-André Puget
Règle de trois (Rule
of Three) comedy, André Ransan
Rois de cœur (Kings of
Heart) comedy, Robert Delamare and Pierre Villette
Sans bonne (Without a Maid)
comedy, André Dahl
1931
Derrière la porte (Behind
the Door) comedy, Edmond Sée
Des apaches partout (Of the
Apaches Everywhere) comedy, Jack Jouvin (later credited
to Jouvin's nom de plume M.S. Ramel)
Gai! Gai! Pendons-nous! (Merry!
Merry! We Hang!) comedy, Edmond Gilbert
Hantise (Obsession) drama,
Charles Méré
Hautot père et fils
(Hautot, Father and Son) comedy, Roger Ferdinand (after
Guy Maupassant)
La Disparue (The Vanished)
drama, Claude Orval
La Machine rouge (The Red Machine)
drama, Claude Orval
La Malle sanglante (The Bloody
Trunk) drama, Maurice Level
L'Age critique (The Critical
Age) comedy, Edmond Gilbert
Le Coup de gong (The Stroke
of the Gong) drama, Jack Jouvin
L'Opération (The Operation)
comedy, Henri Duvernois
1932
Au pied du mur (At the Foot
of the Wall) comedy, Maurice Dann
Carambouilleurs (They Pile
Up) comedy, Jack Jouvin
Casque à pointe (Spiked
Helmut) drama, Maurice Dann
Fautes de jeunesse (Faults
of Youth) comedy, Edmond Gilbert
Hystérie (Hysteria)
drama, Lucien Chantel
Incognito (Incognito) drama,
Jack Jouvin
La Bafouille (The Stammer)
comedy, Bernard Zimmer
La Matin Lévesque (The
Morning Arises) comedy, Jack Jouvin (after Guy Maupassant)
Le Nouveau Déluge (The
New Flood) comedy, Mario Duliani
Le Tambour de Kovno (The Drum
of Kovno) drama, Jean Aragny and Albert Dieudonné
L'Enquête (The Investigation)
drama, P. Roger
Ni Dan-din, ni Boubouroche
(Neither Dan-Din, nor Boubouroche) comedy, Edmond Gilbert
Oiseaux chanteurs (Songbirds)
comedy, Frédérick de Heeckeren
Outre-Tombe (Fallout) drama,
Claude Orval
Pigall's Chambre n¼ 3 (Pigall's
Room #3) drama, Roland Dreyfus
Prime Precede, comedy, Jean
Aragny
Qui m'a tué? (Who Killed
Me?) drama, Lucien Chantel
Sexualité (Sexuality)
drama, Jack Jouvin (after Max Dorian)
Zanzi-bar (Zanzi-bar) comedy,
Frédérick de Heeckeren
1933
Alphonsine (Alphonsine) 'scène
satirique,' Charles Oulmont and Bernard Roy
Curiosité (Curiosity)
comedy, Jack Jouvin
La Goule (The Glutton) '3 tableaux
modernes,' Jean Hesse
La Maison des confidences (The
House of Confidences) '3 actes and 22 tableaux' (the only
play on the bill for May '33, RB), Henri Duvernois
Le Bâtard de commande
(The Bastard in Charge) comedy, Jack Jouvin
Le Tocard (The Dead Loss) comedy,
Edmond Gilbert
L'Étrangleur( The Strangler)
comedy, Jack Jouvin (after a novel by Pierre Nézelov)
Quinze Couples (Fifteen Couples)
'3 actes and 14 tableaux,' various (listed below)
-- Acte premier: Un couple d'athlètes
(A Couple of Athletes) 'présentation,' unknown
-- Acte premier: Adam et Éve
(Adam and Eve), Jack Jouvin
-- Acte premier: Pont (Bridge)
'premier état d'âme,' Paul Achard
-- Acte premier: Pont (Bridge)
'deuxième état d'âme,' Paul Achard
-- Acte premier: Sur la zone
(On the Zone), Jean Bastia
-- Acte premier: En chemin de fer
(On the Railroad), Henriette Charasson
-- Deuxième acte: Terreur
(Terror), Mme Rachilde and Georges Kamké
-- Deuxième acte: Les Amants
prodigieux (The Extraordinary Lovers), Frédérick
de Heeckeren
-- Deuxième acte: Tel cuide
engeigner autrui (no translation), Jean Bastia and
Jack Jouvin
-- Deuxième acte: La Madelon
(The Madelon), Jack Jouvin
-- Deuxième acte: La Madelon
qui chante (The Madelon Sings), unknown
-- Troisième acte: Une robe
de soie (The Silk Dress), Henriette Charasson
-- Troisième acte: Séparation
(Separation), Henriette Charasson
-- Troisième acte: Richesse
(Richness), Jack Jouvin
Semailles (Slowing) 'fantasie,'
Edmond Denouviac
Une passe (A Master Key) drama,
Jack Jouvin and André-Charles Mercier
1934
36¼ 9 et la mort (36¼ 9 and
Death) comedy, Georges Chaperot
Celle qui revient (That Which
Returns) drama, Marcelle Maurette
Cinq Millions cash (Five Million
Cash) comedy, Gabriel d'Hervilliez
Dans la zone rouge (In the
Red Zone) drama, Edmond Gilbert
Jack L'Éventreur (Jack
the Ripper) drama, André de Lorde and Pierre Chaine
J'aimions tant l'argent (I
Liked the Money So Much) comedy, E. Gilbert
L'Accident du studio 16 (The
Accident of Studio 16) drama, Jack Jouvin
L'Auberge rouge (The Red Inn)
drama, Roland Dreyfus
L'Auto 6 827-S.4 (Car 6 827-S.4)
drama, Jack Jouvin
Le Coup du 8 mai (The Coup
of May 8) drama, Edmond Denouviac (after a novel by Albert
Touchard)
Le Roi des cocus (The King
of the Cuckolds) comedy, André Mycho
L'Émission de 24 heures
(The 24 Hour Emission) comedy, Gabriel d'Hervilliez
L'Experience du major Dik (The
Experiment of Major Dik) drama, E. Joullot and Marguerite
Perney
L'Homme-Cible (The Man-Target)
comedy, J.M. Lacaux
L'Horrible Passion (The Horrible
Passion) drama, André de Lorde and Henri Bauche
Mariages mondains (Society
of Married Men) comed,y Gabriel d'Hervilliez
Norette et la paysan (Norette
and the Country Boy) comedy, Andrée Mryé
Nuit de la Saint-Jean (Night
of Saint-Jean) drama, Raymond Durieux
Un fou au presbytère
(A Lunatic from the Presbytery) comedy, Edmond Gilbert
Un homme vraiment aimé
(A Man Truly Loved) comedy, Pierre Chanlaine
1935
Amis de prison (Prison Friends)
drama, Chancerel and Guillot de Saix (after "Claude
Gueux" by Victor Hugo)
Coucou (Cuckoo) comedy, Gabriel
d'Hervilliez (after "un conte galant" by Boccace
Cousu-main (Bend-Hand) comedy,
Gabriel d'Hervilliez and Virenque
En viager (In Life Annuity)
comedy, Daniel Jourda
Fausse Monnaie (Counterfeit
Money) comedy, Gabriel d'Hervilliez and Edmond Cléray
La Berlue (I Must Be Seeing
Things) drama, Chancerel and Guillot de Saix (after "Cluade
Guex" by Victor Hugo)
La femme au masque (The Woman
in the Mask) drama, Alfred Gehri
La Loi du milieu (The Law of
the Center) comedy, R. Thoumazeau
La Nurse (The Nursemaid) drama,
Alfred Savoir
La Petite Tour de Nesle (The
Little Tower of Nesle) comedy, André Mycho
Le Sérum du Père Pipart
(The Serum of Father Pipart) comedy, Jack Jouvin
Les Jeux du mystére et de la
mort (The Plays of Mystery and Death) drama, André
Ransan
Les Ondes tragiques (The Tragic
Waves) drama, José de Bérys
L'Idiot «consanguineus»
(The Idiot) comedy, Jack Jouvin
Lit n¼ 31 (Bed #31) drama,
J. Goubely
Lorsque l'enfant paraît
(When the Child Appears) comedy, Jean Rioux
Magie noire (Black Magic) drama,
André de Lorde and Henri Bauche
Si je mourais (If I Were to
Die) 'comedie dramatique,' Georges Adriel
Tous les deux (Both) comedy,
Jean Guitton
Transigeons (Let Us Compromise)
comedy, Gabriel d'Hervilliez
Un ami qui vous veut du bien
(A Friend Who Wants You Well) comedy, Jean Guitton
Un cri dans la nuit (A Cry
in the Night) drama, José de Bérys
1936
Centripète (Centripetal)
comedy, Jean-José Frappa
Charlot, la grande vache (Charlot,
The Large Cow) drama, Jean Bernier (after Albert Touchard)
Il grandira (In Will Grow)
comedy, Paul Nivol
Incognito tragique (Tragic
Incognito) drama, Jack Jouvin
La dame qui a perdu son as
(The Lady Who Lost Her Ace) comedy, Léo Marchès
and Jean Portail
La Monstrueuse Étreinte
(The Monstrous Grip) drama, Marc Hély
La Visionnaire (The Visionary)
drama, Jean-Joseph Renaud
L'Amulette rouge (The Red Amulet)
drama, Léopold Marchand
Le crime de la rue Morgue (The
Murders in the Rue Morgue) drama, André de Lorde
and Eugène Morel (after Edgar Poe)
Le Père à Justine
(Justine's Father) comedy, Marcel Kuhn
Le Tabique taboque (no translation)
comedy, Mme Capron
L'Énigme de deux nuits
(The Enigma of Two Nights) drama, Robert Dol
Tu vas un peu fort! (You Are
a Little Too Extreme!), Louis Verneuil
Une affaire d'intérieur
(A Domestic Affair) comedy, Jean Guitton
Voluptés stériles
(Sterile Pleasures) comedy, Gabriel d'Hervilliez
Yvette la pucelle (Yvette the
Virgin) drama, Gluck
1937
Chut! V'là la bonne!
(Hush! There's the Maid!) comedy, Albert Acrement
La mort qui passe, ou Dans l'ombre
(Death Passes, or In the Shade) drama, José Germain
L'Atroce Désir (The
Atrocious Desire) drama, René Rousseau
Le Bâtard de Vauru (The
Bastard of Vauru) drama, André Karquel
Le Sang de la Bête (The
Blood of the Beast) drama, Marc Hély
Le Satyre du Paliais-Bourbon
(The Satyr of Paliais-Bourbon) comedy, Léo Marchès
Les Cadavres vivants (The Living
Corpses) drama, Marc Hély
L'Étrangleur invisible
(The Invisible Choke) drama, José de Bérys
L'Horrible Torture (The Horrible
Torture) drama, André de Lorde
On a volé une voiture
(They Stole a Car) comedy, José de Bérys and
François de Rèze
Sa veuve (His Widow) comedy,
Jean Guitton
Une belle grue (A Beautiful
Crane) comedy, Jean Guitton
Une heure avant (One Hour Before)
comedy, Georges Dolley
Zou a des idées (Zou
Has Ideas) comedy, Serge Varennes
1938
Et de père inconnu (And
of an Unknown Father) drama, Charles Dornac
La caresse qui tue (The Caress
Which Kills) drama, Charles Hellem and Pol d'Estoc
La Cure merveilleuse (The Marvelous
Cure) comedy, J. Carricart
La Tour d'amour (The Tower
of Love) drama, Marcelle Maurette (after Mme Rachilde)
Le Fauteuil Veritas (The Real
Armchair) comedy, Jean Guitton and Marc Hély
Le Tendron d'Achille (Achilles'
Tendon) vaudeville, Eugène and Edmond Joullot
Lilette Davryl (Lilette Davryl)
comedy, Albert Jean
Lizette en ménage (Lizette
as a Housewife) comedy, José de Bérys and
Daniel Jourda
1939
Au sous-sol (In the Basement)
comedy, Alfred Gehri
Bourreau d'enfants (Child Beater)
drama, Jean Aragny
Bureau central des idées
(Central Office of Ideas) comedy, Alfred Gehri
Du sang dans les ténèbres
(From Blood in the Darkness) drama, Louis-Jean Finot
La Machine à tuer la vie
(The Machine to Kill Life) drama, Jean Aragny
Le Cargo de l'épouvante
(The Freighter of Terror) drama, R. Boissier
Le Mariage de Gypette (The
Marriage of Gypette) comedy, Lucien Boyer
L'Égorgement de Mme de Praslin
(The Throat Slashing of Mrs. De Praslin) drama, José
de Bérys
Lit en location (Bed for Hire)
comedy, Jean Guitton
Mon mari voyage (My Husband
Travels) comedy, Georges Delamare