Le Mariage Force

by Moliere, edited by Julia Prest

Book cover: Le Mariage Force

Extent: 57 pages

Publisher: University of Exeter Press

Subjects: Literary Studies

Series: Exeter French Texts

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(February 2000)

ISBN: 9780859896436

5.83 x 8.27 inches

Price: $30.00

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The principal aim of this edition is to provide a reliable version of the text of Le Mariage forcE which can be used by students and scholars of 17th-century theatre. The book includes all the texts which existed in Moliere’s lifetime.


The principal aim of this edition is to provide a reliable version of the text of Le Mariage forcE which can be used by students and scholars of 17th-century theatre. Le Mariage forcE, a little-known work, is a particularly interesting example of the comEdie-ballet genre as it was written and performed by Moliere and his troupe in three different versions over a period of eight years. First performed in front of Louis XIV and his court, complete with music, ballet and singing, the play also marks Moliere’s first work in which Louis XIV took an active role. The book includes all the texts which existed in Moliere’s lifetime, and examines the development of the genre in the years from 1664 when it was first performed, to 1672 when new songs and balletic interludes were added. This is a volume in the Textes littEraires/Exeter French Texts. The text, introduction and essential notes are all in French.

Frontispice: Gravure de la derniere scene du Mariage force, accompagnant le texte dans l'edition de 1682, II
INTRODUCTION
1. Introduction, V
2. Le Mariage force (1664), VIII
3. Le Mariage force (1668), XVII
4. Le Mariage force (1672), XXI
5. Le Texte, XXIX
Sources Imprimees, XXX
Manuscrits, XXXI
Texte de la presente edition, XXXI
BIBLIOGRAPHIE, XXXII
PARTITIONS MUSICALES, XXXIV
DISCOGRAPHIE, XXXIV
LE MARIAGE FORCE
Livret de 1664, 2
Texte de 1668, 11
Textes ajoutes en 1672, 53
ILLUSTRATIONS
Page de titre du livret de 1664, 1
Page de titre de la premiere edition, 1668, 10

  • By (author) Moliere
  • Edited by Julia Prest