Thérèse Raquin
Thérèse Raquin Alternative Title: Guilty
Author: Émile Zola
First Performance: 1867, Paris
Published: 1863
First English Translation: 1956
Genre: Trag. in 4 acts; French prose
Setting: The Raquins' room, Paris, 1860s
Cast: 4m, 3f
Laurent, who is painting the portrait of his friend Camille, seems to dislike Camille's wife Thérèse, but, when alone together, they rush into each other's arms. All three plan a boating trip together, during which Laurent and Thérèse drown the weakling Camille. A year later, Camille's mother, believing that Laurent had bravely tried to save her precious son, urges him to marry the ‘mourning’ widow Thérèse. With a show of reluctance, they agree to ‘do their duty’. When at last their happiness seems assured, they...
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