La Dispute

This is for the Marivaux play, for the band, see La Dispute (band).
La Dispute
Front page of 1744 Edition of La Dispute
Front page of 1744 Edition of La Dispute
Written byPierre de Marivaux
CharactersHermianne
Prince
Mesrou
Carise
Egle
Azor
Adine
Mesrin
Meslis
Dina
Following the Prince
Date premiered19 October 1744
Place premieredHôtel de Bourgogne, Paris, France
Original languageFrench
GenreComedy

La Dispute is a prose comedy written by Pierre de Marivaux, shown for the first time on 19 October 1744 by the Théâtre-Italien in the Hôtel de Bourgogne. The story involves four orphans (two boys and two girls) who have been raised in isolation, from the world and from each other. An aristocrat releases four human guinea pigs into a sinister Garden of Eden to cause them to consider the question of whether man or woman is more faithful.[1][2][3]

Adaptations have been created from 1972 and onward in various forms.

  1. ^ Gold, Sylviane (September 26, 2013). "A Review of 'La Dispute,' at Hartford Stage". The New York Times. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  2. ^ "ISSUU - La Dispute and Macbeth by Hartford Stage". issuu. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  3. ^ "La Dispute". The A.R.T. American Repertory Theater. Retrieved 1 December 2013.