Sganarelle : Or the Selfdeceived Husband

By Franks, Charles

Book Id: WPLBN0000633546
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Sganarelle : Or the Selfdeceived Husband
Author:	Franks, Charles
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature, Literature & thought, Writing.
Collections:	Classic Literature Collection, Blackmask Online Collection
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Publisher:	Blackmask Online


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Excerpt
INtroduction: Six months after the brilliant success of the Precieuses Ridicules, Moliere brought out at the Theatre du Petit?Bourbon a new comedy, called Sganarelle, ou le Cocu Imaginaire, which I have translated by Sganarelle, or the self?deceived Husband. It has been said that Moliere owed the first idea of this piece to an Italian farce, Il Ritratto ovvero Arlichino cornuto per opinione, but, as it has never been printed, it is difficult to decide at the present time whether or not this be true. The primary idea of the play is common to many commedia dell? arte, whilst Moliere has also been inspired by such old authors as Noel Du Fail, Rabelais, those of the Quinze joyes de Mariage, of the Cent nouvelles Nouvelles, and perhaps others. The plot of Sganarelle is ingenious and plausible; every trifle becomes circumstantial evidence, and is received as conclusive proof both by the husband and wife. The dialogue is sprightly throughout, and the anxious desire of Sganarelle to kill his supposed injurer, whilst his cowardice prevents him from executing his valorous design, is extremely ludicrous. The chief aim of our author appears to have been to show how dangerous it is to judge with too much haste, especially in those circumstances where passion may either augment or diminish the view we take of certain objects. This truth, animated by a great deal of humour and wit, drew crowds of spectators for forty nights, though the play was brought out in summer and the marriage of the young king kept the court from Paris.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: SGANARELLE: OR THE SELF?DECEIVED HUSBAND, 1 -- Moliere, 1 -- INTRODUCTORY NOTICE, 2 -- DRAMATIS PERSONAE, 7 -- SGANARELLE: OR THE SELF?DECEIVED HUSBAND, 8 -- Scene I.?GORGIBUS, CELIA, CELIA'S MAID, 8 -- Scene II.?CELIA, CELIA'S MAID, 10 -- Scene III.?CELIA, SGANARELLE, CELIA'S MAID, 11 -- Scene IV.?CELIA, SGANARELLE, SGANARELLE'S WIFE, 11 -- Scene V.?SGANARELLE'S WIFE, alone, 11 -- Scene VI.?SGANARELLE, SGANARELLE'S WIFE, 12 -- Scene VII.?LELIO, GROS?RENE, 14 -- Scene VIII.?LELIO, alone, 15 -- Scene IX.?SGANARELLE, LELIO, 15 -- Scene X.?LELIO, alone, 17 -- Scene XI.?LELIO, SGANARELLE'S WIFE, 17 -- Scene XII.?SGANARELLE, A RELATIVE OF SGANARELLE'S WIFE, 17 -- Scene XIII.?SGANARELLE, alone, 18 -- Scene XIV.?SGANARELLE, SGANARELLE'S WIFE, standing at the door of her house, with 8LELIO. -- Scene XV.?SGANARELLE, LELIO, 18 -- Scene XVI.?SGANARELLE, CELIA, at her window, seeing Lelio go away, 18 -- Scene XVII.?SGANARELLE, alone, 20 -- Scene XVIII.?GORGIBUS, CELIA, CELIA'S MAID, 22 -- Scene XIX.?CELIA, CELIA'S MAID, 22 -- Scene XX.?LELIO, CELIA, CELIA'S MAID, 22 -- Scene XXI.?CELIA, LELIO, SGANARELLE armed cap?a?pie, CELIA'S MAID, 23 -- Scene XXII.?CELIA, LELIO, SGANARELLE, SGANARELLE'S WIFE, CELIA'S MAID, 25 -- Scene XXIII.?GORGIBUS, CELIA, LELIO, SGANARELLE, SGANARELLE'S WIFE, CELIA7 'S MAID. -- Scene XXIV.?VILLEBREQUIN, GORGIBUS, CELIA, LELIO, SGANARELLE, SGANAREL7LE'S WIFE,