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The Blunderer; Or, The Counterplots, a play by Moliere |
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_ [Footnote: Moliere, Racine, and Corneille always call the dramatis personae _acteurs_, and not _personnages_.] LELIO, _son to_ PANDOLPHUS. LEANDER, _a young gentleman of good birth_. ANSELMO, _an old man_. PANDOLPHUS, _an old man_. TRUFALDIN, _an old man_. ANDRES, _a supposed gipsy_. MASCARILLE, _servant to Lelio_. [Footnote: _Mascarille_ is a name invented by Moliere, and a diminutive of the Spanish _mascara_, a mask. Some commentators of Moliere think that the author, who acted this part, may sometimes have played it in a mask, but this is now generally contradicted. He seems, however, to have performed it habitually, for after his death there was taken an inventory of all his dresses, and amongst these, according to M. Eudore Soulie, _Recherches sur Moliere_, 1863, p. 278, was: "a ... dress for _l'Etourdi_, consisting in doublet, knee-breeches, and cloak of satin." Before his time the usual name of the intriguing man-servant was _Philipin_.] ERGASTE, _a servant_. A MESSENGER. _Two Troops of Masqueraders_. CELIA, _slave to_ TRUFALDIN. HIPPOLYTA, _daughter to_ ANSELMO. _Scene_.--MESSINA.
(_L'ETOURDI, ou LES CONTRE-TEMPS_.) _ |
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