Tower, or Marguerite of Bourgogne

Overview

Translation of La Tour de Nesle produced in 1996 at London's Almeida Theatre. A tale of murder, sexual depravity and treachery among the French aristocracy. The play, dubbed anti-monarchist, played for 800 performances during the French revolutions of the 1830s. This version is translated by Charles Wood for the stage.

Authors

Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas was born in Villes-Cotterêts. His grandfather was a French nobleman who had settled in Santo Domingo (now part of Haiti); his paternal grandmother, Marie-Cessette, was an Afro-Caribbean who had been a black slave in the French colony (now part of Haiti). Dumas ...

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