Pierre De Marivaux

Marivaux: Two Plays

The Triumph of Love; The Game of Love and Chance

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Two tales of multiple misunderstanding by the eighteenth-century master of complex, witty comedies.In the tightly-structured, erotically-charged fable The Triumph of Love, a young princess, conscious that her claim to the throne is less than honourable, disguises herself as a man in order to dupe her enemies and persuade the rightful ruler to return. This faithful and vivid translation by Braham Muray and Katherine Sand was first performed at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester in 2007.In The Game of Love and Chance, a pair of prospective lovers each swap places with their servants, while their relatives, fully apprised of both deceptions,… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Sand, Katherine (Übers.) / Bartlett, Neil (Übers.)

ISBN: 978-1-84943-962-6
EAN: 9781849439626
Produktnummer: 24158778
Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Seitenangabe: 128 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 1'930 KB

Über den Autor

He is considered one of the most important French playwrights of the 18th century, writing numerous comedies for the Comédie-Française and the Comédie-Italienne of Paris. His most important works are Le Triomphe de l'amour (The Triumph of Love), Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard (The Game of Love and Chance) and Les Fausses Confidences (False Admissions). He also published a number of essays and two important but unfinished novels, La Vie de Marianne and Le Paysan parvenu.