Overview
In the tightly-structured, erotically-charged fable The Triumph of Love,
a young princess, conscious that her claim to the throne is less than
honourable, disguises herself as a man in order to dupe her enemies and
persuade the rightful ruler to return. This faithful and vivid
translation by Braham Muray and Katherine Sand was first performed at
the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester in 2007. In The Game of Love and
Chance, a pair of prospective lovers each swap places with their
servants, while their relatives, fully apprised of both deceptions, look
on in amusement. Neil Bartlett's adaptation, first performed at the
Lyric Hammersmith, finds inventive modern equivalents for Marivaux's
ludic theatricality and its roots in the Commedia dell'Arte" a wickedly
funny translation, as performed at the Royal National Theatre.