Marivaux Plays: Double Inconstancy;false Servant;game of Love & Chance;careless Vows;feigned Inconst

Marivaux's light-hearted comedies of love and intrigue are enjoying a vigorous revival

One of the most original of French eighteenth century dramatists, Marivaux wrote over thirty comedies of love and intrigue. This, the only major single-volume selection of Marivaux's plays in English, brings together five full-length and five shorter pieces in lively translations by John Bowen, Michael Sadler, John Walters, Donald Watson and Nicholas Wright.