"The Triumph of Love"
by Pierre Carlet De Chamblain De Marivaux, James Magruder (Translator)

Synopsis: In a garden in Sparta (a Spartan garden if you will), a great philosopher and his iron-maiden sister live by one simple rule: love is ruinous! With this credo clutched close to their chilly hearts they shelter their young nephew, Prince Agis, from all things alluring and amorous. And rational thought does indeed rule the day until the brainy and beautiful Princess Leonide arrives to quip, trip and zip the gorgeous but guiless Prince down the aisle. Aided by her wisecracking maid, Corine, and two willing henchmen, Leonide breaks a few rules, assumes several identities, and even bends her gender to land her prince. Three seductions, four disguises and fifteen original musical numbers unlock every heart, as one and all discover that love just won't take no for an answer.

About the Writer:

Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux {mah-ree-voh', pee-air' kahr-lay' duh shahm-blan' duh}, b. Feb. 4, 1688, d. Feb. 12, 1763, the most important French playwright of the 18th century, wrote numerous comedies for La Comédie Française and La Comédie Italienne of Paris, the most famous of which are The Game of Love and Chance (1730; Eng. trans., 1923) and Les Fausses Confidences (1737; trans. as False Confessions, 1958). The French word marivaudage signifies the flirtatious bantering tone characteristic of Marivaux's dialogue. He also published a number of essays in the manner of Joseph Addison and Sir Richard Steele, and two important though unfinished novels, La Vie de Marianne (The Life of Marianne, 1731-41) and Le Paysan parvenu (The Fortunate Peasant, 1735).