Psyche
by Molière
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About This Book
Psyche is a tragedy-ballet in five acts and in verse, written by Molière, Pierre Corneille and Philippe Quinault.The subject is taken from Apuleius’s Metamorphoses. The story of Psyche and Cupid is told by an old woman to a young girl who has been kidnapped by brigands. Apuleius's version was far too bold and too charged sexually for the 17th century stage, and the story had been adapted to the morals of the time on several occasions.Molière did not versify the entire play. The plot is his; he versified the prologue, the first act and the first scene of acts two and three. Pierre Corneille ver...
Chapters (43)(click to expand)
- PSYCHE.
- MOLIÈRE
- TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH PROSE. WITH A SHORT INTRODUCTION AND EXPLANATORY NOTES. BY
- CHARLES HERON WALL
- PERSONS REPRESENTED.
- PROLOGUE.
- SCENE I.
- SCENE II.——VENUS, CUPID, AEGIALE, PHAËNE, CUPID
- ACT I
- SCENE I.——AGLAURA, CIDIPPE.
- SCENE II.——CLEOMENES, AGENOR, AGLAURA, CIDIPPE.
- SCENE III.——PSYCHE, CIDIPPE, AGLAURA, CLEOMENES, AGENOR.
- SCENE IV.——PSYCHE, AGLAURA, CIDIPPE, CLEOMENES, AGENOR, LYCAS.
- SCENE V.——AGLAURA, CIDIPPE, LYCAS.
- SCENE VII.——AGLAURA, CIDIPPE.
- FIRST INTERLUDE.
- ACT II.
- SCENE I.——THE KING, PSYCHE, AGLAURA, CIDIPPE, LYCAS, and FOLLOWERS.
- SCENE II.——PSYCHE, AGLAURA, CIDIPPE.
- SCENE III.——PSYCHE (alone).
- SCENE IV.——CLEOMENES, AGENOR, PSYCHE.
- SCENE V.——LOVE (in the air).
- SECOND INTERLUDE.
- ACT III.
- SCENE I.——LOVE, ZEPHYR.
- SCENE II.——PSYCHE (alone).
- SCENE III.——LOVE, PSYCHE, ZEPHYR.
- SCENE IV.——LOVE, PSYCHE.
- THIRD INTERLUDE.
- ACT IV.
- SCENE I.——AGLAURA, CIDIPPE.
- SCENE II.——PSYCHE, AGLAURA, CIDIPPE.
- SCENE III.——LOVE, PSYCHE.
- SCENE IV.
- SCENE V.——VENUS, PSYCHE, THE RIVER GOD.
- FOURTH INTERLUDE.
- ACT V.
- SCENE I.——PSYCHE (alone)
- SCENE II.——PSYCHE, CLEOMENES, AGENOR.
- SCENE III.——PSYCHE (alone).
- SCENE IV.
- SCENE V.——VENUS, LOVE, PSYCHE (still senseless).
- SCENE VI.——JUPITER, VENUS, LOVE, PSYCHE (senseless).
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