La Veuve (Corneille)
La Veuve, ou Le traître trahi (The Widow, or The Betrayer Betrayed) is a French verse comedy in five acts by Pierre Corneille, which takes place in Paris.[1] The play was probably first performed early in 1632 by the troupe of Charles Le Noir and Montdory at the Sphère, a rather seedy nightclub in Paris.[2] It was first published in 1634.[1]
Roles
[edit]- Philiste, in love with Clarice
- Alcidon, friend of Philiste and in love with Doris
- Célidan, friend of Alcidon and beloved of Doris
- Clarice, widow of Alcandre and mistress of Philiste
- Chrysante, mother of Doris
- Doris, sister of Philiste
- Clarice's nurse
- Géron, official of Florange, enamored with Doris
- Lycaste, servant of Philiste
- Polymax, Doraste, Listor, servants of Clarice
References
[edit]- Notes
- ^ a b Corneille 1634, pp. 60, 61; Garreau 1984, pp. 549, 554.
- ^ Deierkauf-Holsboer 1954, p. 34.
- Sources
- Corneille, Pierre (1634). La veuve in Laplace 1869, pp. 60–85.
- Deierkauf-Holsboer, Wilma (1954). Le théâtre du Marais. I. La période de gloire et de fortune, 1634 (1629) – 1648. Paris: Nizet. OCLC 459121343.
- Garreau, Joseph (1984). "Corneille, Pierre" in Hochman 1984, vol. 1, pp. 545–554.
- Hochman, Stanely, editor (1984). McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama (second edition, 5 volumes). New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-079169-5.
- Laplace, A., publisher (1869). Oeuvres de P. Corneille: théatre complet. Paris: A. Laplace. View at Google Books.
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