aʁwɛ]; 21 November 1694 – 30 May 1778), known by his nom de plume M. de Voltaire (/vɒlˈtɛər, voʊl-/; also US: /vɔːl-/; French: [vɔltɛːʁ]), was a French...

Sophonisbe is a tragedy in five acts by Voltaire. The play, printed in 1769 but dated 1770, was a stage failure when it premiered on 15 January 1774. The...

L'Illusion comique, 1639 edition Le Cid, 1637 edition Cinna, 1643 edition Sophonisbe, 1663 edition Mélite (1629) Clitandre (1630–31) La Veuve (1631) La Galerie...

the better known form because of later literature. She is also called Sophonisbe and Sophoniba. However, her true name might be unclear. Her story is told...

Voltaire is a 1933 American pre-Code biographical film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring George Arliss as Voltaire, an 18th-century French writer...

also known as the intellectual collaborator with and romantic partner of Voltaire. Numerous biographies, books and plays have been written about her life...

Sophonisba (Thomson play), a 1730 tragedy by James Thomson Sophonisbe (tragedy), by Voltaire, 1770 Sophonisbe, a 1663 dramatic work by Pierre Corneille Sofonisba...

Tancrède is a tragedy in five acts by Voltaire that premiered on 3 September 1760. The character names Tancrède and Aménaïde are taken from Torquato Tasso's...

tragedy in five acts by Voltaire, first performed in 1748 and published in 1749. Act 1 The plot is very similar to that of Voltaire's earlier unsuccessful...

father of historian Gérard Dédéyan. (direction d'ouvrage) Jean Mairet, La Sophonisbe, Paris 1945, 1969 (direction d'ouvrage) Montaigne, Journal de voyage en...

Irène is a tragedy in five acts by Voltaire, and his penultimate play. It was written in 1776–1777 and premiered in Paris on March 16, 1778. Recent scholarship...

sociétaire on 1st January 2000. Before joining that company he had appeared in Sophonisbe by Corneille (1988), L'Épreuve and Les Sincères by Marivaux (1989), La...

title: La Mérope Française) is a tragedy in five acts by Voltaire. The text is a reworking by Voltaire of the Italian tragedy Merope (1713) by Scipione Maffei...

messenger. Mellin de Saint-Gelais's translation of Gian Giorgio Trissino's La Sophonisbe—the first modern regular tragedy based on ancient models which tells the...

Written in the form of a novel, the book deals with the life and love of Voltaire and his mistress, scientist Émilie du Châtelet. It also discusses the theories...

Agathocle is the last dramatic tragedy by Voltaire. It was written by the 84-year-old author in 1777 almost simultaneously with the tragedy Irène, only...

Raison (‘The Reasonable Wife’), is a verse comedy in three acts written by Voltaire in 1749. The play was first performed in 1749 at a feast in honour of Stanisław...

Brutus is a tragedy in five acts by Voltaire. He began work on the play in 1727 in England and completed it in 1729. It premiered on 11 December 1730 in...

Artémire was Voltaire's second tragedy in five acts. When it failed at its premiere on February 15 1720 at the Comédie-Française, Voltaire withdrew it...

including Nathaniel Lee's restoration tragedy Sophonisba and Voltaire's later Sophonisbe. The original Drury Lane cast included Robert Wilks as Masinissa...

first performance), includes: Antoine de Montchrestien (c.1575–1621) Sophonisbe, AKA La Cathaginoise, AKA La Liberté (tragedy) 1596 La Reine d'Ecosse...

(The Dialogues of Euhemerus) is a little-known philosophical dialogue by Voltaire, published in 1777. At the time of its writing he was 83 years old and...