Prologue et divertissemens nouveaux pour Circé
Subtitle: tragedie en machines : representez pour la premiere fois le 6. Août 1705
Contributors: Gillier, Jean Claude, 1667-1737, composer; Ribou, Pierre, 1654?-1719, printer; Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715, dedicatee; Cheri, Armand, former owner; Corneille, Thomas, 1625-1709; Comédie-Française; John Milton and Ruth Neils Ward Collection (Harvard Theatre Collection)
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1711
Place of publication: Paris?
Language: fre
Number of pages: 266
Subjects: French drama (Comedy); Circe (Greek mythology); Drama; Dramatic music; Librettos
Other titles: Circé
Notes: Prologue with divertissement and 5 divertissements by F.C. Dancourt for T. Corneille's 5-act tragédie en machines, Circé; this version performed at the Comédie-Française, Paris, 6 August 1705. C.f. Léris, A. de. Dictionnaire portatif historique et littéraire des théâtres.

Half-title.

Probably extracted from Les œuvres de Monsieur d'Ancourt. 2. éd. Paris : P. Ribou, 1711, t. 6.

Music for the divertissements composed by J.C. Gillier. Cf. Grove music online.

Text only, without music.

Dedication, in verse, "Au Roy" [i.e., Louis XIV]: (p. 229-223).

"Acteurs du prologue" without named cast: p. [234].

Includes instructions for stage "decorations."