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La Méprise
La Méprise is a comedy in one act and in prose, written by French playwright Pierre de Marivaux and first performed on 6 August 1734, by the Comédie-Italienne at the théâtre of the Hôtel de Bourgogne.
Characters
- Clarice
- Hortense, Clarice's sister
- Ergaste
- Lisette, Clarice's servant
- Arlequin, Hortense's servant
- Frontin, Ergaste's servant.
Plot
Two sisters, both blonde and charming, dress the same. The play is set in a park, where the young ladies are having a walk, hiding their face behind a mask. Ergaste, the lover, thinks he is talking to one sister when in fact it is the other. quid pro quos follow, until the two sisters disappear together.
References
Bibliography
- Lucette Desvignes, "Marivaux et La Méprise : exploration d’un thème antique", Revue de Littérature Comparée, n. 41, pp. 166–179, 1967.
- Jean Fleury, Marivaux et le marivaudage, Paris: Plon, 1881.
References
- [[Lucette Desvignes]], ''Revue de Littérature Comparée'', 41, 1967, p. 166-179.
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