Madame Arthur
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Madame Arthur is a drag cabaret venue in the Rue des Martyrs, 18th arrondissement of Paris. It is named after the eponymous song.
History[edit]
Madame Arthur opened in 1946 as the first female impersonator cabaret,[1] which took its name from the famous song written in 1860 by Paul de Kock and performed by Yvette Guilbert.[2]
On its boards performed renowned transgender and drag artists such as Coccinelle,[3] Baddabou, Cricri, Chantaline Erika Keller, Estelle Roederer, Angélique Lagerfeld, Chablie, Yeda Brown,[4] Dominot[5] and Bambi.[1] Joseph Ginsburg, the father of Serge Gainsbourg, was a pianist there. Gainsbourg himself sometimes replaced him, and composed some songs there for the cabaret revue, songs which were his first compositions but were not published until after his death.[6] Some of those songs (Zita la panthère, Meximambo, Tragique cinq à sept), have not been found.[7]
Having been closed for many years, it was entirely restored and reopened in November 2015 by Divan du Monde, which has the neighbouring venue.[1][8] Nowadays a troupe of artists offers the public covers of songs in French, classic or more modern, accompanied by piano and accordion.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Madame Arthur: rien ne se perd, tout se transforme". Libération.fr (in French). 2018-07-05.
- ^ Dicale, Bertrand (2011-06-22). Les chansons qui ont tout changé (in French). Fayard. ISBN 978-2-213-66536-8..
- ^ Delafon, Louis (14 December 2016). "Paris honore Coccinelle" [Paris honours Coccinelle] (in French). Paris Match. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ Vegas, Valeria (2020). Libérate : la cultura LGTBQ que abrió camino en España (in Spanish). Madrid. ISBN 978-84-122617-2-1. OCLC 1255705831.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Bolognini, Stefano (May 2002). "Dominot? C'est moi!". Archived from the original on 2006-05-06.
- ^ Guillaume Auda, Jérôme Bermyn (directors) (2020). "La folle histoire des travestis". Le doc Stupéfiant (in French). France 5.
- ^ Christophe Conte. "Musique: Serge Gainsbourg, une jeunesse". Vanity Fair. No. 86, February 2021. pp. 94–99.
- ^ "A Pigalle, la joyeuse renaissance de Madame Arthur, le tout premier cabaret travesti parisien". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2022-06-26.
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