Second chapitre du Diable Boiteux
Subtitle: comedie : representée pour la premiere fois le 20. Octobre 1707
Contributors: Gillier, Jean Claude, 1667-1737, composer; Grandval, Nicolas Racot de, 1676-1753, composer; Ribou, Pierre, 1654?-1719, printer; Cheri, Armand, former owner; Le Sage, Alain René, 1668-1747; 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: 360
Subjects: French drama (Comedy); Dramatic music
Work titles: Diable boiteux. 2. chapitre
Notes: Second part (chapitre) of a prose comedy by F.C. Dancourt, based on A.R. Le Sage's novel of the same name, with prologue and divertissement; first performed at the Comédie-Française, Paris, on 20 October 1707. C.f. Léris, A. de. Dictionnaire portatif historique et littéraire des théâtres.

Half-title.

Music for the divertissement by J.C. Gillier; also attributed to N.R. Grandval. Cf. Grove music online.

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

"Acteurs du Prologue" and "Acteurs de la Comedie" without named cast: p. [314].

"Airs du IIe. chapitre du Diable boiteux, De la Composition de Mr. Gillier" (mostly scored for solo voice and continuo (bass unfigured); one air for solo voice with 2 treble instruments): 12 folded p. of engraved plates at end; last folded page has text only.