Le Chandelier

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Le Chandelier is an 1835 play in three acts by French dramatist Alfred de Musset.[1]

The play was first published in 1835 in Revue des deux Mondes. It was first staged at the Théâtre-Historique in August 1848. In October 1850, it was produced at the Comédie-Française with a cast including Delaunay as Fortunio and Allan as Jacqueline. The interior minister Léon Faucher briefly had the work banned.[2]

An opera by André Messager, Fortunio was based closely on the play, and Jacques Offenbach, who wrote incidental music for the Comédie-Française production made a sequel entitled La chanson de Fortunio.

References

  1. ↑ Musset – Théâtre Tôme II 'Collection du Flambeau'. Hachette, Paris, 1954.
  2. ↑ Alfred de Musset: Œuvres complètes [Lorenzaccio; Le Chandelier; Il ne faut jurer de rien]. Charpentier, Paris, 1888.

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