For political reasons, the festival lost support and no festival was staged from 1999 until 2004.
It was staged until October 4, 2007, seven times only.
The play was originally staged on Good Friday each year until 1751.
It went on to great success and was staged until as late as 1848.
The race continued to be staged in the autumn until 1962.
It was not staged again in France until 1895.
The race continued to be staged at Longchamp until 1986.
The original, uncensored version of the drama was not staged until 2007.
There are both men's and women's competitions, who were staged together until 1993.
It was staged every two years up until 2001, with the following shows in 2004, 2007 and 2009.