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La Méprise (Marivaux)

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Pierre de Marivaux

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La Méprise (Marivaux) is a comedy in one act and in prose, written by French playwright Pierre de Marivaux and first performed on August 6, 1734 by the Comédie-Italienne at the théâtre of the Hôtel de Bourgogne.

Contents

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

    La Méprise (Marivaux) Wikipedia