''Comœdia'' was a French literary and artistic paper founded by

Henri Desgrange Henri Desgrange (; 31 January 1865 – 16 August 1940) was a French cycle sport, bicycle racer and Sports journalism, sports journalist. He set twelve world track cycling records, including the hour record of on 11 May 1893. He was the first o ...

on 1 October 1907 (Desgrange had already founded '). It published a number of texts by important literary figures, including Antonin Artaud's first publication on theatre, ''L'évolution'' de ''décor''

he Evolution of Decor He or HE may refer to: Language * He (letter), the fifth letter of the Semitic abjads * He (pronoun), a pronoun in Modern English * He (kana), one of the Japanese kana (へ in hiragana and ヘ in katakana) * Ge (Cyrillic), a Cyrillic letter cal ...

(1924)''.''^:602 According to Richard Abel, it provides one of the most complete sources of cultural history in

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just prior to

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

. ''Comoedia Illustré'' was ''Comœdias fortnight supplement which featured updates on current French fashion, music and theatre.

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* 1907 establishments in France 1944 disestablishments in France Defunct newspapers published in France Newspapers published in Paris {{France-newspaper-stub