The Game of Love and Chance

Game of Love and Chance, The (Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard)

    Alternative Title: Love in Livery; Successful Strategies

    Author: Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux

    First Performance: 1730, Paris

    Published: 1730

    First English Translation: 1901

    Genre: Romantic com. in 3 acts; French prose

    Setting: Paris, early 17th c.

    Cast: 4m, 2f, extras

Kindly Monsieur Orgon wishes his daughter Silvia to marry Dorante, but she is fearful of marriage. She agrees to receive her suitor, provided that she can change places with her maid Lisette to give her a chance to observe his behaviour. Orgon learns that Dorante has similarly swapped roles with his valet Arlequin. Silvia finds herself soon enchanted by the ‘manservant’ and dismissive of her supposed suitor, since...

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