The Mad Marquis

A Play in Five Acts

Fiction & Literature, Drama, Continental European, Nonfiction, Entertainment
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Author: Alexandre Dumas, Emmanuel Théaulon ISBN: 9781479408795
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC Publication: March 11, 2014
Imprint: Wildside Press Language: English
Author: Alexandre Dumas, Emmanuel Théaulon
ISBN: 9781479408795
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Publication: March 11, 2014
Imprint: Wildside Press
Language: English
Written in 1836, this collaborative play is based on a real-life incident, using the actual names of the principals involved. The young Marquis de Brunoy is snubbed at the French Royal Court of Versailles because his father, a financier, had been ennobled for his great wealth. After having to fight several duels to defend his honor, the Marquis strikes back by disregarding his rank and wealth, and associating with peasants and artisans as equals. The more extravagant that his behavior becomes, the more the French nobility feels ridiculed. The final straw is when the Marquis dares to ennoble some of his peasants. Then he's hauled before a court, where the noblemen seek to have him judged insane. A first-rate revenge play by a master of the form.
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Written in 1836, this collaborative play is based on a real-life incident, using the actual names of the principals involved. The young Marquis de Brunoy is snubbed at the French Royal Court of Versailles because his father, a financier, had been ennobled for his great wealth. After having to fight several duels to defend his honor, the Marquis strikes back by disregarding his rank and wealth, and associating with peasants and artisans as equals. The more extravagant that his behavior becomes, the more the French nobility feels ridiculed. The final straw is when the Marquis dares to ennoble some of his peasants. Then he's hauled before a court, where the noblemen seek to have him judged insane. A first-rate revenge play by a master of the form.

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