|
Les Deux Billets
''Les Deux Billets'' () is a one act comedy by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian. It was first performed by the Comédie Italienne in 1779. ''Les Deux Billets'' is the first of a trilogy of plays called "The Arlequinades" that tell the story of Arlequin, his wife Argentine, and later, their children. The other two plays in the series are ''Le Bon Ménage'' and ''Le Bon Père ''Le Bon Père'' () is a one act comedy by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian. It was first performed by the Comédie Italienne in 1784. ''Le Bon Père'' is the last of a trilogy of plays called "The Arlequinades" that tell the story of Arlequi ...''. Plot summary The play opens with Arlequin reading a love letter from the wealthy Argentine. In spite of the fact that Argentine loves him, Arlequin wishes that they were equally rich or poor so that she might be certain that he loves her for herself and not her money. Arlequin regularly plays the lottery, and his rival Scapin arrives with the day's lotter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Pierre Claris De Florian
Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (6 March 1755, near Sauve, Gard, France – 13 September 1794, Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine, Sceaux, France) was a French poet, novelist and fabulist. Life Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian was born on 6 March 1755 in the château de Florian, located near Sauve, Gard, France. His mother, Gilette de Salgues (originally from Spain), died when he was a child. He was then brought up by his grandfather and studied at Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort, St. Hippolyte. His uncle and guardian, the Marquis of Florian, who had married a niece of Voltaire, introduced him at the château de Ferney, and in 1768 he became page at Anet in the household of the Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, duc de Penthièvre, Duc de Penthièvre, who remained his friend throughout his life. Having studied for some time at the artillery school at Bapaume he obtained a captain's commission in the dragoon regiment of Penthièvre from his patron. He left the army soon after, began to write comedies, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arlecchino
Harlequin (, , ; , ) is the best-known of the comic servant characters ( Zanni) from the Italian commedia dell'arte, associated with the city of Bergamo. The role is traditionally believed to have been introduced by the Italian actor-manager Zan Ganassa in the late 16th century, was definitively popularized by the Italian actor Tristano Martinelli in Paris in 1584–1585, and became a stock character after Martinelli's death in 1630. The Harlequin is characterised by his checkered costume. His role is that of a light-hearted, nimble, and astute servant, often acting to thwart the plans of his master, and pursuing his own love interest, Columbine, with wit and resourcefulness, often competing with the sterner and melancholic Pierrot. He later develops into a prototype of the romantic hero. Harlequin inherits his physical agility and his trickster qualities, as well as his name, from a mischievous "devil" character in medieval Passion Plays. The Harlequin character first ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scapino
{{Use dmy dates, date=January 2024 Scapino or Scapin is a Zanni character from the commedia dell'arte. His name is related to the Italian language, Italian word ''scappare'' ('to escape') and his name translates to 'little escape artist', in reference to his tendency to flee from fights, even those he himself begins. He is a Bergamo native, and was popularized by the actor Francesco Gabrielli. Costume Later versions show his costume with green (or sometimes turquoise) and white stripes, similar to Mezzetino's red and white, but Jacques Callot, Callot shows Scapino in an outfit similar to the early Brighella's, white with a ''tabaro'' and a sword on his belt, and topped with a torn hat adorned with feathers. He is in fact a variant on Brighella, more cowardly and less clever. Some people call him Brighella's brother, some his son. Character Scapino tends to make a confusion of anything he undertakes and metaphorically "flees" from one thought, activity or love interest to another ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in the European Union and the List of cities proper by population density, 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, culture, Fashion capital, fashion, and gastronomy. Because of its leading role in the French art, arts and Science and technology in France, sciences and its early adoption of extensive street lighting, Paris became known as the City of Light in the 19th century. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 inhabitants in January 2023, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlantic, North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and List of islands of France, many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it Exclusive economic zone of France, one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world. Metropolitan France shares borders with Belgium and Luxembourg to the north; Germany to the northeast; Switzerland to the east; Italy and Monaco to the southeast; Andorra and Spain to the south; and a maritime border with the United Kingdom to the northwest. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea. Its Regions of France, eighteen integral regions—five of which are overseas—span a combined area of and hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy
Comedy is a genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. Origins Comedy originated in ancient Greece: in Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in Ancient Greek theatre, theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance pitting two groups, ages, genders, or societies against each other in an amusing ''agon'' or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions posing obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth then becomes constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to resort to ruses which e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1779 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1779. Events *April 6 – The premiėre of '' Iphigenie auf Tauris'' by Johann Wolfgang Goethe is held at the private Ducal Palace in Weimar. *October 8 – William Blake enrols as a student with the Royal Academy of Arts at Somerset House in London. New books Fiction *Richard Graves – ''Columella'' *Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi – ''Woldemar'' *Ignacy Krasicki – ''Fables and Parables (Bajki i przypowieści)'' *'' Nocturnal Revels'' *Samuel Jackson Pratt as "Courtney Melmoth" **''Shenstone-Green'' **''The Tutor of Truth'' *'' The Sorrows of Werther'' (anonymous translation of a Johann Wolfgang von Goethe work) Children *Joachim Heinrich Campe – ''Robinson der Jüngere'' (based on Defoe) Drama *Fanny Burney – '' The Witlings'' (unpublished) * Hannah Cowley **'' Albina, Countess Raimond'' ** '' Who's the Dupe?'' *Richard Cumberland – ''Calypso'' * Hugh Downman – ''Lucius Junius Brutus'' *J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Bon Ménage
''Le Bon Ménage'' () is a one act comedy by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian. It was first performed by the Comédie Italienne in 1782 in literature, 1782. ''Le Bon ménage'' is the second of a trilogy of plays called "The Arlequinades" that tell the story of Arlecchino, Arlequin, his wife Argentine, and later, their children. The other two plays in the series are ''Les Deux Billets'' and ''Le Bon Père''. Plot summary Following their adventure in ''Les Deux Billets'', Arlequin and Argentine have married, moved to Bergamo, and had two sons. The play opens with Argentine reading the Bible to her children. Rosalba, her mistress, enters. For the past three months, Argentine has been serving as a go-between for Rosalba and her husband, Lélio, since Rosalba's father forbade the marriage. Lélio has finally arrived in Bergamo, and Rosalba asks Argentine to visit him outside the city to tell him to wait there. After Rosalba leaves, Arlequin arrives. Argentine tells Arlequin that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Bon Père
''Le Bon Père'' () is a one act comedy by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian. It was first performed by the Comédie Italienne in 1784. ''Le Bon Père'' is the last of a trilogy of plays called "The Arlequinades" that tell the story of Arlequin, his wife Argentine, and later, their children. The other two plays in the series are '' Les Deux Billets'' and ''Le Bon Ménage''. Plot summary Several years have passed since Arlequin's adventures in ''Le Bon Ménage''. His wife and two sons have died, and he now lives alone with a daughter in a fine apartment in Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ..., having inherited a large sum of money from a certain Count de Valcour. The play opens with Cléante and Nérine. Cléante is a soldier who fell in love with Arlequin' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1779 Plays
Events January–March * January 11 ** British troops surrender to the Marathas in Wadgaon, India, and are forced to return all territories acquired since 1773. * January 22 – American Revolutionary War – Claudius Smith is hanged at Goshen, Orange County, New York for supposed acts of terrorism upon the people of the surrounding communities. * January 29 – After a second petition for partition from its residents, the North Carolina General Assembly abolishes Bute County, North Carolina (established 1764) by dividing it and naming the northern portion Warren County (for Revolutionary War hero Joseph Warren), the southern portion Franklin County (for Benjamin Franklin). The General Assembly also establishes Warrenton (also named for Joseph Warren) to be the seat of Warren County, and Louisburg (named for Louis XVI of France) to be the seat of Franklin County. * February 12 – Lieutenant Colonel Francisco Bouligny arrives with Malagueño co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
