La Prude
La Prude (The Prude) is a comic play by the French philosopher and author Voltaire, written in 1739.[1][2] It is based on The Plain Dealer by William Wycherly, which in turn is based on Molière's The Misanthrope.[3] It was performed once, in 1747, having been offered to the Comédie-Française but not accepted.[3]
References[]
- ^ Pearson, Roger (2010-12-15). Voltaire Almighty: A Life in Pursuit of Freedom. A&C Black. ISBN 9781408820803.
- ^ Cronk, Nicholas (2009-02-19). The Cambridge Companion to Voltaire. Cambridge University Press. p. 95. ISBN 9780521849739.
- ^ a b Carlson, Marvin A. (1998). Voltaire and the Theatre of the Eighteenth Century. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 52. ISBN 9780313303029.
Further reading[]
- Russell Goulbourne (2006) "Voltaire, Comic Dramatist" Studies of Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century
Categories:
- Works by Voltaire
- 1739 works
- Comedy plays
- French-language plays
- Adaptations of works by Molière
- 18th-century play stubs