Troupe of the Comédie-Française in 1680 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 168017521754175517721790 As of 24 August 1680, La Grange set in his register: « Jonction de la Troupe Royalle cy-devant à l'hostel de bourgogne avec la nostre suivant les ordres du Roy ». The new troupe consisted of 27 people, that is 15 actors and 12 actresses. The first performance took place on 25 August with Phèdre by Racine and Les Carosses d'Orléans by La Chapelle. ActorsActresses ChampmesléChampmeslé Baron Baron PoissonDe Brie La GrangeLa Grange Beauval Beauval Dauvilliers Bellonde La Thuillerie Dennebaut GuérinGuérin Rosimond Dupin HubertGuyot Du CroisyDu Croisy Raisin Raisin De Villiers Verneuil Hauteroche Sources Bert Edward Young and Grace Philputt Young, Le registre de La Grange (1659-1685), Paris, E. Droz, 1947, vol. I, p. 238–244. Portal: theatre Related Articles