Four MelodramasThis volume contains four of Pixérécourt's most important melodramas: The Ruins of Babylon, or Jafar and Zaida; The Dog of Montargis, or The Forest of Bondy; Christopher Columbus, or the Discovery of the New World; and Alice, or The Scottish Gravediggers. Also included is Charles Nodier 's introduction to the 1843 Collected Edition of Pixérécourt's plays and two theoretical essays by the playwright, "Melodrama," and "Final Reflections on Melodrama." |
Contents
THE DOG OF MONTARGIS | 89 |
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS | 143 |
ALICE | 229 |
Copyright | |
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ABULCASEM Admiral AGIB ALICE Aloud arms arquebus Aunt AZAKIA Baghdad Barmecide Bedouins BLAISE bridge Caliph Captain Aubri Charles Nodier child Christopher Columbus Colonel Gontram COLUMBUS comes crew crime Dame Gertrude dare dear DIÈGUE door Dragon EDWARD Enter EUNUCHS everything Exit fear FLORIO follow genre GEORGE give goes going Guanahani guards hand happy HARUN HASSAN hear heart heaven honor INIGO ISUF JAFAR KARAKA KEREBEK LANDRY leave look Lord LUCILLE MACAIRE MACDOUGALL MARGARITA melodrama MISTRESS BUTLER Montargis MORABEK mother murder Music NAIR never obey ORANKO pardon Paris pavilion PÉDRILLE perhaps PINSON Pixérécourt play poor porthole RAYMOND ROLDAN ROSBEEF Ruins of Babylon SAILORS SAVAGES seen selam SENESCHAL seraglio ship Sir Jack SLAVES soon speak stage tell thanks theatre there's throws TOBY true undertone voice wait What's wish word young ZAIDA