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# A Humorous Design for a Summer Theatre Hall for Gentlemen, Where One Might Sit Half-Undressed: The Heat of 1861
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/shutochnyi-proekt-letnego-teatralnogo-zala-dlia-muzhchin-gde-mozhno-bylo-by-nakhoditsia-polurazdetymi-v-zharu-1861-goda/
- Published: 2026-07-10T07:19:27.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:25:40.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Archive, Art, Mores, Paris, Humour

Drawing by Alfred Grévin (1827-1892) for the cover of issue 281 of the Petit Journal pour Rire.

> A simple design for a summer hall for gentlemen, submitted to the gentlemen among the theatre directors, or even to the gentlemen of the commission for the creation of a new opera

Incidentally, one could also, for example, simply refrain from attending the theatre in unbearable heat

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_20937@10-07-2026_10-19-27.jpg)