A Selection from the Comedies of Marivaux

by Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux

[108] Deschamps, Marivaux, p. 52.

[109] D'Alembert, Éloge, p. 282, note 12.

[110] D'Alembert, Éloge, p. 292.

[111] D'Alembert, Éloge, p. 293.]

[112] L'Ile de la Raison, La Réunion des Amours, la Dispute, Félicie, Arlequin poli par l'Amour, le Prince travesti, l'Ile des Esclaves, le Triomphe de Plutus, le Triomphe de l'Amour, la Colonie. Larroumet, Marivaux, p. 252, note 2.

[113] Jules Lemaître, Impressions de théâtre, 2e série, p. 27. Larroumet, pp. 292-297, gives a most interesting comparison of Marivaux with Shakespeare, and in note 2, p. 292, gives a brief sketch of the origin of this comparison and of its opponents.

[114] For a more complete idea of his drama one may have recourse to Larroumet, Marivaux, pp. 157-320, Fleury, Marivaux et le marivaudage, pp. 66-146, or Printzen, Marivaux, pp.41-38, who gives résumés of his comedies.

[115] Larroumet, Marivaux, p. 319.

[116] Marivaux, Théâtre choisi, Paris, Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1892. Preface by F. Sarcey, pp. 7 and 15-17.

[117] J. Lemaître, Impressions de théâtre, 2e série, p. 23.