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
- 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.
- L'amour et la vérité (Love and Truth). (With Louis Rustaing de Saint-Jorry). Comedy, 3 acts; verse. Produced Comédie-Italienne, Mar. 3, 1720.
- Annibal (Hannibal). Tragedy, 5 acts; verse. Published 1727. Produced Comédie-Française, Oct. 19, 1720.
- Arlequin poli par l'amour (Harlequin Refined By Love). Comedy, 1 act; prose. Published 1723. Produced Comédie-Italienne, Oct. 20, 1720.
- La surprise de l'amour (The Surprise of Love). Comedy, 3 acts; prose. Published 1723. Produced Comédie-Italienne, May 3, 1722.
- La double inconstance (Double Inconstancy). Comedy, 3 acts; prose. Published 1724. Produced Comédie-Italienne, Apr. 6, 1723.
- 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.
- 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.
- Le dénouement imprévu (The Unforeseen Ending). Comedy, 1 act; prose. Published 1727. Produced Comédie-Française, Dec. 2, 1724.
- L'Île des esclaves (The Isle of Slaves). Comedy, 1 act; prose. Published 1725. Produced Comédie-Italienne, Mar. 5, 1725.
- L'héritier du village (The Village Heir). Comedy, 1 act; prose. Published 1729. Produced Comédie-Italienne, Aug. 19, 1725.
- 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.
- La seconde surprise de l'amour (The Second Surprise of Love). Comedy 3 acts; prose. Published 1728. Produced Comédie-Française, Dec. 31, 1727.
- Le triomphe de Plutus (The Triumph of Plutus). Comedy, 1 act; prose. Published 1739. Produced Comédie-Italienne, Apr. 22, 1728.
- 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.
- 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.
- La réunion des amours (Lovers' Reunion). Comedy, 1 act; prose. Published 1732. Produced Comédie-Française, Nov. 5, 1731.
- Le triomphe de l'amour (The Triumph of Love). Comedy, 3 acts; prose. Published 1732. Produced Comédie-Italienne, May 12, 1732.
- Les serments indiscrets (The Indiscreet Vows). Comedy, 5 acts; prose. Published 1732. Produced Comédie-Française, June 8, 1732.
- L'école des mères (The School for Mothers). Comedy, 1 act; prose. Published 1732. Produced Comédie-Italienne, July 26, 1732.
- L'heureux stratagème (The Successful Stratagem). Comedy, 3 acts; prose. Published 1733. Produced Comédie-Italienne, June 6, 1733.
- La méprise (The Misunderstanding). Comedy, 1 act; prose. Published 1739. Produced Comédie-Italienne, Aug. 16, 1734.
- Le petit-maître corrigé (The Fop Corrected). Comedy, 3 acts; prose. Published 1739. Produced Comédie-Française, Nov. 6, 1734.
- La mère confidente (The Mother as Confidant). Comedy, 3 acts; prose. Published 1735. Produced Comédie-Italienne, May 9, 1735.
- Le legs (The Legacy). Comedy, 1 act; prose. Published 1736. Produced Comédie-Française, Jan. 11, 1736.
- Les fausses confidences (False Confessions). Comedy, 3 acts; prose. Published 1738. Produced Comédie-Italienne, Mar. 16, 1737.
- La joie imprévue (Unexpected Joy). Comedy, 1 act; prose. Published 1738. Produced ComédieItalienne, July 7, 1738.
- Les sincères (The Sincere Ones). Comedy; 1 act; prose. Published 1739. Produced ComédieItalienne, Jan 13, 1739.
- L'épreuve (The Test). Comedy, 1 act; prose. Published 1740. Produced Comédie-Italienne, Nov. 19, 1740.
- La dispute (The Dispute). Comedy, 1 act; prose. Published 1747. Produced Comédie-Française, Oct. 19, 1744.
- Le préjugé vaincu (Prejudice Conquered). Comedy, 1 act; prose. Published 1747. Produced Comédie-Française, Aug. 6, 1746.
- La femme fidèle (The Faithful Wife). Comedy, 1 act; prose. Published 1746. Produced Berny, Aug. 24 1755. Incomplete manuscript.
- Félicie. Comedy, 1 act; prose. Published 1757.
- Les acteurs de bonne foi (The Actors of Good Faith). Comedy, 1 act; prose. Published 1757.
- La provinciale (The Provincial Lady). Comedy, 1 act; prose. Published 1761. Authorship in question.
CRITICISM
French
- J. Fleury, Marivaux et le marivaudage, Paris, 1881;
- G. Larroumet, Marivaux: Sa vie et ses oeuvres, Paris, 1882;
- G. Deschamps, Marivaux, Paris, 1897;
- P. Lafleuriel, Amour et marivaudage, Moulins, 1934;
- K. Lüthi, Les femmes dans l'oeuvre de Marivaux, Bern, 1943;.
- C. Roy, Lire Marivaux, Paris, 1947;
- M. Arland, Marivaux, Paris, 1950;
- P. Gazogne, Marivaux par lui-même, Paris, 1954;
- F. Deloffre, Une préciosité nouvelle: Marivaux et le marivaudage, Paris, 1955;
- M.-J. Durry, A propos de Marivaux, Paris, 1960;
- C. Morhange, Les jeunes filles dans les comédies de Marivaux, Aix, 1960.
- L. Deslignes-Parent, Marivaux et l'Angleterre. Essai sur une création dramatique originale, Paris, 1970;
- P. Lambert, Réalité et ironie: Les jeux de l'illusion dans le théâtre de Marivaux, Fribourg-Suisse, 1973.
English
- A. A. Tilley, Three French Dramatists: Racine, Marivaux, Musset, New York, 1933;
- R. K. Jamieson, Marivaux: A Study in Sensibility, New York, 1938;
- K. N. McKee, The Theatre of Marivaux, New York, 1958;
- E. J. H. Greene, Marivaux, Toronto, 1965.