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Les Veuves créoles, comédie [The Creole Widows, a comedy]

Les Veuves créoles, comédie [The Creole Widows, a comedy]

Prest, Julia

Paperback

Series: Mhra Critical Texts, Book 34

Miscellaneous LanguagesLiterary CriticismPlays

ISBN10: 1781882649
ISBN13: 9781781882641
Publisher: Texts and Translations
Published: Apr 11 2017
Pages: 100
Weight: 0.33
Height: 0.21 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Les Veuves créoles is the first play known to have been composed in Martinique. This three-act prose comedy was published anonymously in Paris in 1768 and was performed at least twice in the capital of Caribbean theatre, Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) during the colonial period. Set in colonial Martinique in the port town of Saint-Pierre, Les Veuves créoles represents an early example of créole francophone drama. Three créole widows are courted by the grasping and dishonest Fatincourt who, after six years on the island, is keen to marry in order to repay his debts and return to France. The two older widows run successful businesses - a fact that, for Fatincourt, renders them eligible despite their advanced years. The third widow is younger but is portrayed as foolish for believing herself superior to other créoles thanks to a short visit she has made to France. The older widows eventually unite in order to thwart Fatincourt, and it is metropolitan France that emerges as the principal source of wrong-doing in this lively play. Contemporary reviewers in the Parisian press were uncertain how to respond to the play's créole slant, but acknowledged its comic and theatrical merits. It is hoped that both elements will be of interest today.

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