The Game of Love and Chance
The Game of Love and Chance

Author: Pierre de Marivaux

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 1993-01-01

Total Pages: 83

ISBN-13: 1849439974

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The most famous of the hilarious, heartbreakingcomedies with which Marivaux shocked and delighted eighteenth-century Paris. A wickedly funny translation, as performed at the Royal National Theatre.

The Game of Love and Chance
The Game of Love and Chance

Author: Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux

Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9780573626371

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"Silvia, well born and high spirited, is concerned about an arranged marriage so she spends the day of her fiancé's first visit disguised as her maid Lisette while Lisette pretends to be Silvia. The intended husband, Dorante, takes the same precaution, arriving in the guise of his servant. And his servant, who duly comes dressed as Dorante, is the irrepressible and outrageous Harlequin, which means pandemonium ensues. The "servants" are drawn to each other but must overcome the pride and prejudice of their social class while Lisette and Harlequin savor a delicious taste of freedom and respectability. All are deeply perplexed as Marivaux uncompromisingly turns the screw. Silvia's father and brother, who know all but say nothing, preside over the sentimental education of these comedic desperadoes."--

The Triumph of Love
The Triumph of Love

Author: Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux

Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9780822214151

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THE STORY: Princes Leonide, in disguise, arrives in the garden of the philosopher, Hermocrate. She has come to try and win some time in his retreat for she has fallen in love, from afar, with Hermocrate's student, Agis, who is the legitimate prin

The Island of Slaves
The Island of Slaves

Author: Pierre de Marivaux

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2002-04-22

Total Pages: 54

ISBN-13: 1849439605

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What will become of us? Four people, the sole survivors of a shipwreck, crawl out of the sea. Two of them are masters, and two of them are servants; and all four are about to discover what life feels like when the boot is on the other foot. Marivaux's potent mix of laughter, emotion and theatrical game-playing makes him one of the most surprising and most modern of all classic playwrights. Neil Bartlett has adapted this brilliant comedy of role-swapping and redemption, which premiered at the Lyric Hammersmith in April 2002. Cast size: 4

Marivaux: Two Plays
Marivaux: Two Plays

Author: Pierre de Marivaux

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2007-04-18

Total Pages: 167

ISBN-13: 1849439621

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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, look on in amusement. Neil Bartlett's adaptation, first performed at the Lyric Hammersmith, finds inventive modern equivalents for Marivaux's ludic theatricality and its roots in the Commedia dell'Arte.