Amélie ou le Duc de Foix
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| Title: | Amélie ou le duc de Foix |
| Genus: | tragedy |
| Original language: | French |
| Author: | Voltaire |
| Publishing year: | 1752 |
| Premiere: | On August 17, 1752 in the Comédie-Française |
| Place of premiere: | Paris |
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Amélie ou le Duc de Foix or Le Duc de Foix is a tragedy in five acts by Voltaire . The text is a new version of Voltaire's tragedy Adélaïde du Guesclin from 1734, written in Berlin, and was premiered on August 17, 1752 at the Comédie-Française in Paris.
action
The action takes place in the castle of the Duc de Foix. Vamir, allied with the King of France, and the Duc de Foix, allied with the Moors, are brothers at war. The Duc de Foix has saved the Moorish prisoner Amélie and wants to marry her. However, Amélie loves Vamir and stands by France. When Vamir is captured by the Moors, the jealous Duc de Foix wants his brother and rival to be killed by his follower Lisois, who also loves Amélie. When the Duc de Foix's conscience stirs and he regrets his command, it is supposedly too late. Lisois, however, foresightedly spared his master's repentance Vamir. After the reconciliation, Vamir marries Amélie and the Duc de Foix submits to the French king.
Literary source and biographical references
Voltaire, disappointed by the mild reception of his unprinted Adélaïde du Guesclin , which was only listed eleven times in Paris in 1734 , revised the tragedy in Berlin in 1751, initially to a three-act version under the title Les frères ennemis . The five-act version of the Duc de Foix was then created. Voltaire largely took over the text of the Adélaïde, but moved the plot with changed names to the time of the Moorish wars.
Performances and contemporary reception
The tragedy premiered on August 17, 1752 in the Comédie-Française.
Going to press
Voltaire left the manuscript to the printers Lambert in Paris and Conrad Walther in Dresden , who published the tragedy at the same time. Traditionally, but without receipt, the Lambert edition is considered the first edition.
First editions
- Le Duc de Foix, Tragédie par M. de Voltaire , Lambert, Paris, 1752, 12 °, 64 pp. [1]
- Amélie ou Le Duc De Foix, Tragédie de Monsieur de Voltaire, Gentilhomme ordinaire de la Chambre du Roi de France et Chambelan du Roi de Prusse , Conrad Walther, Dresden, 1752.8 °, 80 p. [2]
- Amélie, ou Le Duc de Foix, Tragédie , Wilson and Durham, London, 1753, 64 pp. [3]
- Le Duc de Foix , Lambert, Paris, 1760, 8 °, 53 p.
literature
- Valerie André: Amélie ou le Duc de Foix, in: Dictionnaire Voltaire, Hachette Livre, 1994, p. 18.
Individual evidence
- ↑ See Valerie André: Amélie ou le Duc de Foix, in: Dictionnaire Voltaire, Hachette Livre, 1994, p. 18.
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