In 1923 Louis Jouvet was named director of the theatre.:6 The smaller "Comédie" stage upstage was the home of Jules Romains' long-running medical satire, "Dr. Knock" (1923), in which Jouvet played the title role".":224 Jouvet also staged Charles Vildrac's "Madame Béliard" (1925), Bernard Zimmer's "Bava the African" (1926), Jean Sarment's "Leopold the Well-Beloved" (1927), and Marcel Achard's "Jean of the Moon" (1929).:6 He is perhaps best known for directing the premier of three of Jean Giraudoux's plays: "Siegfried" in 1928, "Amphitryon 38" in 1929, and "Intermezzo" in 1933.