num_pages: 352
description: A collection of this major 19th century French playwrightThe Moods of Marianne dramatises Coelio's courtship of Marianne through his go-between friend Octave; Fantasio is set in a fictional Munich and concerns the marriage of a young princess to Leopold of Belgium as a sacrifice for international peace following the Napoleonic Wars; Lorenzaccio is a vast fresco of fifteenth-century Florence, mixing freely a depiction of public life, court intrigue, intimate scenes and moments of deep personal introspection; Don't Play with Love concerns an arranged marriage gone awry; and Caprice is about the marriage of Mathilde to Monsieur du Chavigny and is already about to cheat on her.
language: English
title: Five Plays: Moods of Marianne / Fantasio / Lorenzaccio / Don't Play with Love / Caprice
titlecomplete: Five Plays: Moods of Marianne / Fantasio / Lorenzaccio / Don't Play with Love / Caprice
genres: Plays, Theatre
ratings_count: 9
publisher: Methuen Drama