Composers and their stage works 

Pierre Carlet de Marivaux

(1699-1763)

French journalist, novelist and dramatist. Born Paris February 4, 1688. Died Paris, February 12, 1763

Stage Works

All synopses by Joseph E. Garreau

  1. Le pére prudent et équitable, ou Crispin l'heureux fourbe (The Just and Prudent Father, or Crispin the Jolly Rogue). Comedy, 1 act; verse. Published 1712. Produced Limoges, 1709/11.
  2. L'amour et la vérité (Love and Truth). (With Louis Rustaing de Saint-Jorry). Comedy, 3 acts; verse. Produced Comédie-Italienne, Mar. 3, 1720.
  3. Annibal (Hannibal). Tragedy, 5 acts; verse. Published 1727. Produced Comédie-Française, Oct. 19, 1720.
  4. Arlequin poli par l'amour (Harlequin Refined By Love). Comedy, 1 act; prose. Published 1723. Produced Comédie-Italienne, Oct. 20, 1720.
  5. La surprise de l'amour (The Surprise of Love). Comedy, 3 acts; prose. Published 1723. Produced Comédie-Italienne, May 3, 1722.
  6. La double inconstance (Double Inconstancy). Comedy, 3 acts; prose. Published 1724. Produced Comédie-Italienne, Apr. 6, 1723.
  7. Le prince travesti, ou L'illustre aventurier (The Prince in Disguise, or The Illustrious Impostor). Comedy, 3 acts; prose. Published 1727. Produced Comédie-Italienne, Feb. 5, 1724.
  8. La fausse suivante, ou Le fourbe puni (The False Maid, or the Rogue Punished). Comedy, 3 acts; prose. Published 1729. Produced Comédie-Italienne, July 8, 1724.
  9. Le dénouement imprévu (The Unforeseen Ending). Comedy, 1 act; prose. Published 1727. Produced Comédie-Française, Dec. 2, 1724.
  10. L'Île des esclaves (The Isle of Slaves). Comedy, 1 act; prose. Published 1725. Produced Comédie-Italienne, Mar. 5, 1725.
  11. L'héritier du village (The Village Heir). Comedy, 1 act; prose. Published 1729. Produced Comédie-Italienne, Aug. 19, 1725.
  12. L'Île de la raison, ou Les petits hommes (The Isle of Reason, or the Little Men). Comedy, 3 acts; prose. Published 1727. Produced Comédie-Française, Sept. 11, 1727.
  13. La seconde surprise de l'amour (The Second Surprise of Love). Comedy 3 acts; prose. Published 1728. Produced Comédie-Française, Dec. 31, 1727.
  14. Le triomphe de Plutus (The Triumph of Plutus). Comedy, 1 act; prose. Published 1739. Produced Comédie-Italienne, Apr. 22, 1728.
  15. La colonie, ou L'homme sans souci (The Colony, or The Man Without Care). Comedy, 3 acts; prose. Published 1750 (1-act version). Produced Comédie-Italienne, Apr. 18, 1729.
  16. Le jeu de l'amour et du hasard (The Game of Love and Chance). Comedy, 3 acts; prose. Published 1730. Produced Comédie-Italienne, Jan 23, 1730.
  17. La réunion des amours (Lovers' Reunion). Comedy, 1 act; prose. Published 1732. Produced Comédie-Française, Nov. 5, 1731.
  18. Le triomphe de l'amour (The Triumph of Love). Comedy, 3 acts; prose. Published 1732. Produced Comédie-Italienne, May 12, 1732.
  19. Les serments indiscrets (The Indiscreet Vows). Comedy, 5 acts; prose. Published 1732. Produced Comédie-Française, June 8, 1732.
  20. L'école des mères (The School for Mothers). Comedy, 1 act; prose. Published 1732. Produced Comédie-Italienne, July 26, 1732.
  21. L'heureux stratagème (The Successful Stratagem). Comedy, 3 acts; prose. Published 1733. Produced Comédie-Italienne, June 6, 1733.
  22. La méprise (The Misunderstanding). Comedy, 1 act; prose. Published 1739. Produced Comédie-Italienne, Aug. 16, 1734.
  23. Le petit-maître corrigé (The Fop Corrected). Comedy, 3 acts; prose. Published 1739. Produced Comédie-Française, Nov. 6, 1734.
  24. La mère confidente (The Mother as Confidant). Comedy, 3 acts; prose. Published 1735. Produced Comédie-Italienne, May 9, 1735.
  25. Le legs (The Legacy). Comedy, 1 act; prose. Published 1736. Produced Comédie-Française, Jan. 11, 1736.
  26. Les fausses confidences (False Confessions). Comedy, 3 acts; prose. Published 1738. Produced Comédie-Italienne, Mar. 16, 1737.
  27. La joie imprévue (Unexpected Joy). Comedy, 1 act; prose. Published 1738. Produced ComédieItalienne, July 7, 1738.
  28. Les sincères (The Sincere Ones). Comedy; 1 act; prose. Published 1739. Produced ComédieItalienne, Jan 13, 1739.
  29. L'épreuve (The Test). Comedy, 1 act; prose. Published 1740. Produced Comédie-Italienne, Nov. 19, 1740.
  30. La dispute (The Dispute). Comedy, 1 act; prose. Published 1747. Produced Comédie-Française, Oct. 19, 1744.
  31. Le préjugé vaincu (Prejudice Conquered). Comedy, 1 act; prose. Published 1747. Produced Comédie-Française, Aug. 6, 1746.
  32. La femme fidèle (The Faithful Wife). Comedy, 1 act; prose. Published 1746. Produced Berny, Aug. 24 1755. Incomplete manuscript.
  33. Félicie. Comedy, 1 act; prose. Published 1757.
  34. Les acteurs de bonne foi (The Actors of Good Faith). Comedy, 1 act; prose. Published 1757.
  35. La provinciale (The Provincial Lady). Comedy, 1 act; prose. Published 1761. Authorship in question.

CRITICISM

French

  1. J. Fleury, Marivaux et le marivaudage, Paris, 1881;
  2. G. Larroumet, Marivaux: Sa vie et ses oeuvres, Paris, 1882;
  3. G. Deschamps, Marivaux, Paris, 1897;
  4. P. Lafleuriel, Amour et marivaudage, Moulins, 1934;
  5. K. Lüthi, Les femmes dans l'oeuvre de Marivaux, Bern, 1943;.
  6. C. Roy, Lire Marivaux, Paris, 1947;
  7. M. Arland, Marivaux, Paris, 1950;
  8. P. Gazogne, Marivaux par lui-même, Paris, 1954;
  9. F. Deloffre, Une préciosité nouvelle: Marivaux et le marivaudage, Paris, 1955;
  10. M.-J. Durry, A propos de Marivaux, Paris, 1960;
  11. C. Morhange, Les jeunes filles dans les comédies de Marivaux, Aix, 1960.
  12. L. Deslignes-Parent, Marivaux et l'Angleterre. Essai sur une création dramatique originale, Paris, 1970;
  13. P. Lambert, Réalité et ironie: Les jeux de l'illusion dans le théâtre de Marivaux, Fribourg-Suisse, 1973.

English

  1. A. A. Tilley, Three French Dramatists: Racine, Marivaux, Musset, New York, 1933;
  2. R. K. Jamieson, Marivaux: A Study in Sensibility, New York, 1938;
  3. K. N. McKee, The Theatre of Marivaux, New York, 1958;
  4. E. J. H. Greene, Marivaux, Toronto, 1965.