High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The théâtre des Variétés is a theatre and "salle de spectacles" at 7, boulevard Montmartre, IIe arrondissement, in Paris. It was declared a monument historique in 1975.It owes its creation to Marguerite Brunet, called Mlle Montansier. Imprisoned for debt in 1803 and frowned upon by the government, a decree of 1806 ordered her company to leave the Théâtre du Palais-Royal which then bore the name of "Variétés". The decree's aim was to move out Montansier's troupe to make room for the company from the neighbouring Théâtre-Français, which had stayed empty even as the Variétés-Montansier had enjoyed immense public favour.