It would appear that this former Boudoir des Muses theatre was closed in 1807 by order of Napoleon because "the ladies who exhibited there were too promiscuous".

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It was "rediscovered" at the end of the courtyard in the buildings that housed the Convent of « Les Filles du Calvaire » until the Revolution.

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Its name was chosen or given by metaphor "Boudoir des Muses" symmetrically opposed to "Filles du Calvaire".

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We open the doors to their boudoir, the temple of their creativity and new-found freedom. They are the mistresses of the house, the caretakers, the bosses, the Madonnas.

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The theatrical bar is a feast for the eyes and mouth.

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We retire to our rooms until the early hours.

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We hide away in the bathing rooms to live out of time.

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