The Game of Love and Chance

Théâtre de la Porte SaintMartin Paris From 16 janvier to 28 avril 2018 The Game of Love and Chance French Le Jeu de lamour et du hasard is a threeact romantic comedy by French playwright Marivaux The Game of Love and Chance was first performed 23 January 1730 by the Comédie Italienne In this play a young woman is visited by her betrothed whom she does not know To get a better idea of the type of person he is she trades places with her servant and disguises herself However unbeknownst to her her fiancé has the same idea and trades places with his valet The game pits the two false servants against the two false masters and in the end the couples fall in love with their appropriate counterpart