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

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