Alain-René Lesage
French novelist and dramatist. Born 13th December, 1668 in Sarzeau, Brittany; Died Boulogne 7th November, 1747
Stage Works
All were first performed in Paris.
Translations
- Le traitre puni (The Traitor Punished). Play; prose. Published 1700. From Francisco de Rojas Zorilla's La traicidn busca el castigo (pub. 1640).
- Don Felix de Mendoce. Comedy, 5 acts; prose. Published 1700. From Lope de Vega's Guardar y guardarse.
- Le point d'honneur (The Point of Honor). Comedy, 3 acts; prose. Published 1739. Produced Comédie-Française, Feb. 3, 1702. From Rojas Zorrilla's No hay amigo para amigo (1636).
- Don Cesar Ursin. Comedy, 5 acts; prose. Published 1739. Produced Comédie-Française, Mar. 15, 1707. From Pedro Calderon de la Barca's Peor esta que estaba (1630).
Plays for the Theatre
- Les etrennes (The Gifts). Play. Written 1707. Early version of Turcaret.
- Crispin, rival de son maitre (Crispin, Rival of His Master). Comedy, 1 act; prose. Published 1707. Produced Comédie-Française, Mar. 15, 1707.
- Turcaret. Comedy, 5 acts; prose. Published 1709. Produced Comédie-Française, Feb. 14, 1709. Revision of Les etrennes.
- La tontine (The Tontine). Comedy, 1 act; prose. Written ca. 1709. Produced Comédie-Française, Feb. 20, 1732.
- Les amants jaloux (The Jealous Lovers). Play; prose. Published 1736. Produced Comedie-Italienne, Nov. 21, 1735.
Fair Plays (Pièces Foraines).
The following plays were written for the two principal fairs of Paris, the Foire Saint-Germain and the Foire Saint-Laurent.
- Le retour d'Arlequin a la faire (Harlequin Returns to the Fair). Divertissement, 1 act. Produced Saint-Germain, Feb. 12, 1712.
- Arlequin Baron Allemand (Harlequin the German Baron). Canavaccio, 3 acts. Produced Saint-Germain, Feb. 12, 1712.
- Les petits-mitres (The Fops). Farce, 5 scenes. Produced Saint-Laurent, Sept. 19, 1712.
- Arlequin et Mezzetin morts par amour (Harlequin and Mezzetino Dead of Love). Farce, 7 scenes. Produced Saint-Laurent, Sept. 19, 1712.
- Arlequin roi de Serendib (Harlequin King of Serendip). Farce, 3 acts. Published 1721. Produced Saint-Germain, 1713.
- Arlequin Thetis (Harlequin Thetis). Farce, 1 act. Published 1721. Produced Saint-Laurent, 1713. Parody of Bernard de Fontenelle's opera Thetis et Pelée (1689).
- Arlequin invisible (Invisible Harlequin). Farce, 1 act. Published 1721. Produced Saint-Laurent, 1713.
- Arlequin colonel (Colonel Harlequin). Farce, prologue and 2 acts. Published 1892. Produced Saint-Germain and Saint-Laurent, 1714.
- La foire de Guibray (The Fair of Guibray). Farce, prologue and 5 scenes. Published 1721. Produced Saint-Laurent, 1714.
- Arlequin Mahomet (Harlequin Mohammed). Farce, 1 act. Published 1721. Produced Saint-Laurent, 1714.
- Le tombeau de Nostradamus (The Tomb of Nostradamus). Fantasy, 1 act. Published 1721. Produced Saint-Laurent, 1714.
- La ceinture de Venus (The Belt of Venus). Fantasy spectacle, 2 acts. Published 1721. Produced Saint-Germain, 1715.
- Parodie de !'opera de Telemaque (Parody of the Opera of Telemachus). Satirical farce, 1 act. Published 1721. Produced Saint-Germain, 1715. Parody of Simon-Joseph Pellegrin's Telemaque (1714).
- Le temple du destin (The Temple of Fate). Farcical prologue, 19 scenes. Published 1721. Produced Saint-Laurent, July 25, 1715.
- Les eaux de Merlin (The Waters of Merlin). Farce, prologue and 1 act. Produced Saint-Laurent, July 25, 1715.
- Colombine Arlequin, ou Arlequin Colombine (Colombine Harlequin, or Harlequin Colombine). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Laurent, July 25, 1715.
- Arlequin gentilhomme malgré lui (Harlequin a Gentleman in Spite of Himself). (With D'Orneval). Farce, 3 acts. Produced Saint-Germain, Feb. 3, 1716.
- Le temple d'ennui (The Temple of Boredom). (With Louis Fuzelier). Farcical prologue, 8 scenes. Produced Saint-Germain, March, 1716.
- Le tableau du manage (The Marriage Tableau). (With Fuzelier). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Germain, March, 1716.
- L'ecole des amants (The School for Lovers). (With Fuzelier). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Germain, March, 1716.
- Arlequin Huila, ou La femme repudiee (Harlequin Huila, or The Rejected Woman). (With D'Orneval). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Laurent, July 24, 1716.
- La princesse de Charizme (The Princess of Charizme). Farce, 3 acts. Produced Saint-Laurent, July, 1718.
- La querelle des theatres (The Quarrel of the Theatres). (With Joseph de Lafont). Play, prologue and 1 act. Produced Saint-Laurent, July, 1718.
- Le monde renverse (The World Upside Down). (With D'Orneval and De Lafont). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Laurent, July, 1718.
- (With Jacques Autreau and D'Orneval). Les amours de Nanterre (The Loves of Nanterre). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Laurent, July, 1718.
- Les funerailles de la foire (The Funerals of the Fair). (With D'Orneval and Fuzelier). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Laurent, 1718.
- La statue merveilleuse (The Marvelous Statue). (With D'Orneval). Farce, 3 acts. Written 1719. Produced Saint-Laurent, 1720.
- L'ile des Amazones (The Island of the Amazons). (With D'Orneval). Farce, 1 act. Written 1718. Produced Saint-Laurent, 1720.
- L'ombre de la foire (The Shade of the Fair). (With D'Orneval). Farcical prologue, 11 scenes. Produced Saint-Germain, Feb. 3, 1720.
- L'ile du Gougou (The Island of Gougou). (With D'Orneval). Farce, 2 acts. Produced Saint-Germain, Feb. 3, 1720.
- Le diable d'argent (The Devil of Silver). (With D'Orneval). Farcical prologue, 10 scenes. Produced Saint-Germain, 1720.
- Arlequin roi des ogres, ou Les bottes de sept lieues (Harlequin King of the Ogres, or The Seven-league Boots). (With D'Orneval and Fuzelier). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Germain, 1720.
- La queue de verite. (With D'Orneval and Fuzelier). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Germain, 1720.
- Magotin. (With D'Orneval). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Germain, February, 1721.
- Prologue. (With D'Orneval and Fuzelier?). Farcical prologue, 5 scenes. Produced Saint-Germain, 1721.
- Arlequin Endymion (Harlequin Endymion). (With D'Orneval). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-German, 1721.
- La foiet de Dodore (The Forest of Dodere). (With D'Orneval). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Germain, 1721.
- La fausse foire (The False Fair). (With D'Orneval and Fuzelier). Polemical prologue, 6 scenes. Produced Saint-Laurent, July 31, 1721.
- La boite de Pandore (Pandora's Box). (With D'Orneval and Fuzelier). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Laurent, July 31, 1721.
- La fete noire (The Black Head). (With D'Orneval and Fuzelier). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Laurent, July 31, 1721.
- Le rappel de la foire a la vie (Recalling the Fair to Life). (With D'Orneval and Fuzelier). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Laurent, Sept. 1, 1721.
- Le régiment de la Calotte (The Regiment of the Calotte). (With D'Orneval and Fuzelier). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Laurent, Sept. 1, 1721.
- L'ombre du cocher poPte (The Shadow of the Poet Coachman). (With D'Orneval and Fuzelier). Farcical prologue, 6 scenes. Produced Saint-Germain, Feb. 3, 1722.
- Le remouleur d'amour (The Sharpener of Love). (With D'Orneval and Fuzelier). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Germain, Feb. 3, 1722.
- Pierrot Romulus, ou Le ravisseurpoli (Pierrot Romulus, or the Polite Ravisher). (With D'Orneval and Fuzelier). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Germain, Feb. 3, 1722. Parody of Lamotte-Houdar's Romulus (1722).
- Le jeune vieillard (The Young Old Man). (With D'Orneval and Fuzelier). Farce, prologue and 3 acts. Produced Saint-Laurent, July 25, 1722.
- Le dieu du hasard (The God of Chance). (With D'Orneval and Fuzelier). Farcical prologue, 3 scenes. Produced Saint-Laurent, Aug. 8, 1722.
- La force de !'amour (The Power of Love). (With D'Orneval and Fuzelier). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Laurent, Aug. 8, 1722.
- La foire des fées (The Fair of the Fairies). (With D'Orneval and Fuzelier). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Laurent, Aug. 8, 1722.
- Arlequin barbet, pagode et médecin (Harlequin Barbet, Pagoda and Doctor). (With D'Orneval). Farce, 2 acts. Produced Saint-Germain, February, 1723.
- Les trois commères (The Three Gossips). (With D'Orneval). Farce, 3 acts. Produced Saint-Germain, 1723.
- Divertissement préparé pour le roi au voyage de Chantilly (Divertissement Prepared for the King on a Trip to Chantilly). (With D'Orneval). Play. Written 1723.
- Les captifs d'Alger (The Captives of Algiers). (With D'Orneval). Farcical prologue, 9 scenes. Produced Saint-Laurent, 1724.
- La toison d'or (The Golden Fleece). (With D'Orneval). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Laurent, 1724.
- L'oracle muet (The Silent Oracle). (With D'Orneval). Comic fantasy, 1 act. Produced Saint-Laurent, 1724.
- La pudeur a la foire (Modesty at the Fair). (With D'Orneval). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Laurent, September, 1724.
- La matrone de Charenton (The Matron of Charenton). (With D'Orneval). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Laurent, September, 1724.
- Les vendanges de la foire (The Harvest of the Fair). (With D'Orneval). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Laurent, September, 1724.
- Arlequin prologue (Harlequin Prologue). (With D'Orneval). Farcical prologue, 4 scenes. Produced Hotel de Bourgogne, Apr. 10, 1725.
- L'enchanteur Mirliton (The Enchanter Mirliton). (With D'Orneval and Fuzelier). Farcical prologue, 4 scenes. Produced Saint-Laurent, July 21, 1725.
- Le temple de mémoire (The Temple of Memory). (With D'Orneval and Fuzelier). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Laurent, July 21, 1725.
- Les enrages, ou La rage d'amour (The Enraged Ones, or The Love Mania). (With D'Orneval and Fuzelier). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Laurent, July 21, 1725.
- La reine des péris (Queen of the Fairies). (With D'Orneval). Parody, 1 act. Written 1725. Parody of Fuzelier's opera of the same name (1725).
- Les pelerins de la Mecque (The Pilgrims of Mecca).(With D'Orneval). Farce, 3 acts. Produced Saint-Laurent, July 21, 1726.
- Les comediens corsaires (The Pirate Comedians). (With D'Orneval and Fuzelier). Farcical prologue, 1 act. Produced Saint-Laurent, Sept. 20, 1726.
- L'obstacle favorable (The Favorable Obstacle). (With D'Orneval and Fuzelier). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Laurent, Sept. 20, 1726.
- Les amours deguises (The Disguised Loves). (With D'Orneval and Fuzelier). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Laurent, Sept. 20, 1726.
- Les noces de Proserpine (The Marriage of Persephone). (With D'Orneval). Farce, 1 act. Produced Palais-Royal, Mar. 30, 1727.
- Achmet et Almanzine (Ahmed and Almanzina). (With D'Orneval and Fuzelier). Farce, 3 acts. Produced Saint-Laurent, June 30, 1728.
- La Penelope moderne (Modern Penelope). (With D'Orneval and Fuzelier). Farce, 2 acts. Produced Saint-Laurent, Sept. 6, 1728.
- Les amours de Protée (The Loves of Proteus). (With D'Orneval and Fuzelier). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Laurent, Sept. 6, 1728.
- Les couplets en procès (Verses on Trial). (With D'Orneval). Farcical prologue, 6 scenes. Produced Saint-Germain, Feb. 18, 1729.
- La reine du Barostan (The Queen of Barostan). (With D'Orneval). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Germain, Feb. 18, 1729.
- La princesse de la Chine (The Princess of China). (With D'Orneval). Farce, 3 acts. Produced Saint-Laurent, June 25, 1729.
- Les spectacles malades (The Sick Spectacles). (With D'Orneval). Farcical prologue, 6 scenes. Produced Saint-Laurent, Aug. 20, 1729.
- L'Opéra-Comique assiege (The Comic Opera Besieged). (With D'Orneval). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Germain, Mar. 26, 1730.
- L'industrie (Industry). (With D'Orneval and Fuzelier). Farcical prologue, 8 scenes. Produced Saint-Laurent, June 27, 1730.
- Zémine et Almanzor (Al-Mansur and Zemina). (With D'Orneval and Fuzelier). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Laurent, June 27, 1730.
- Les routes du monde (The Ways of the World). (With D'Orneval and Fuzelier). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Laurent, June 27, 1730.
- L'indifférence (Indifference). (With D'Orneval and Fuzelier). Farcical prologue, 14 scenes. Produced Saint-Laurent, Sept. 5, 1730.
- L'amour marin (Love the Sailor). (With D'Orneval and Fuzelier). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Laurent, Sept. 5, 1730.
- L'espérance (Hope). (With D'Orneval and Fuzelier). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Laurent, Sept. 5, 1730.
- Roger roi de Sicile, surnomme le roi sans chagrin (Roger King of Sicily, Nicknamed the King Without Chagrin). (With D'Orneval). Farce, 3 acts. Produced Saint-Laurent, July 28, 1731.
- Les désespérés (The Hopeless Ones). (With D'Orneval). Farcical prologue, 9 scenes. Produced Saint-Laurent, July 7, 1732.
- Sophie et Sigismond (Sophie and Sigismund). (With D'Orneval). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Laurent, July 7, 1732.
- La sauvagesse, ou La fille sauvage (The Savagess, or the Savage Girl). (With D'Orneval). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Laurent, July 7, 1732.
- Le rival dangéreux (The Dangerous Rival). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Laurent, Aug. 28, 1734.
- Les deux frères (The Two Brothers). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Laurent, Sept. 21, 1734.
- La premiere representation (The First Performance). Farcical prologue, 4 scenes. Produced Saint-Laurent, 1734.
- Les manages de Canada (Canadian Marriages). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Laurent, 1734.
- L'histoire de !'Opéra-Comique, ou Les metamorphoses de la foire (The History of the Opéra-Comique, or The Metamorphoses of the Fair). Farce, prologue and 3 acts. Produced Saint-Laurent, June 27, 1736.
- Le mari préféré (The Preferred Husband). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Laurent, Aug. 11, 1736.
- Les vieillards rajeunis (The Rejuvenated Old Men). (With Nicolas Fromaget). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Laurent, June 28, 1738.
- Le neveu suppose (The Supposed Nephew). (With Nicolas Fromaget?). Farce, 1 act. Produced Saint-Laurent, Sept. 6, 1738.