Le PetitMaître Corrigé

Le PetitMaître corrigé is a threeact romantic comedy by French playwright Marivaux It was first performed on November 6 1734 by the ComédieFrançaise in Paris In this production Clément HervieuLéger makes the eighteenth century resonate with our era all the more so given that the language is simpler than in other Marivaux plays while still as refined precise and full of humour The story is that of a young Parisian whose parents have found a good match for him a counts daughter But when he goes to visit her in her country home the handsome boy whose Parisian manners are far removed from the rules of decorum that reign in the provinces cannot open his heart to his lovely intended Stung the latter decides to punish his arrogance while a former lover arrives to prevent the marriage Between the alliance of master and manservant and the complicity of mistress and maid a romantic intrigue ensues full of lighthearted conspiracies and feverish emotions