The works of Moliere, French and English : in ten volumes . nte-relling with regard to itfelf The Scene be-tween Sofia and her, is not a vicious Repetitionof that between Amphitryon and Alcmena^ thothe Mailer and Valet had the fame End inView, which was to inform themfelves of theFidelity of their Wives. Thofe two Scenes A 3 dont [ 6 ] ne produilènt pas le même effet, par la dif-férence que lauteur a mife entre la conduitede Jupiter avec Alcméne, & celle de Mer-cure avec Cléanthis. Plante, qui finit facomédie par le férieux dun Dieu en machine,auroit fçu gré à Molière davoir interrompu,par le
The works of Moliere, French and English : in ten volumes . nte-relling with regard to itfelf The Scene be-tween Sofia and her, is not a vicious Repetitionof that between Amphitryon and Alcmena^ thothe Mailer and Valet had the fame End inView, which was to inform themfelves of theFidelity of their Wives. Thofe two Scenes A 3 dont [ 6 ] ne produilènt pas le même effet, par la dif-férence que lauteur a mife entre la conduitede Jupiter avec Alcméne, & celle de Mer-cure avec Cléanthis. Plante, qui finit facomédie par le férieux dun Dieu en machine,auroit fçu gré à Molière davoir interrompu,par le caprice de Sofie, les complimens im-portuns des amis dAmphitrion, iùr un fujetaulli délicat. Mais, enfin, coupons aux que chacun, chez foi, doucement fe retire 5 Sur telles affaires, meilleur eff de ne rien dire. A nenvifager cette réflexion, qui achève ledénouement, que du côté de la plaiiànterie,?on avouera quil étoit difficile de terminerplus finement fur le theatre françois, une in-trigue auffi ACTEURS. [ 7 ] produce the fame Effedl by Reafbn of thedifference the Author has made between theConduct of Jupiter with Alcrnena^ and that,of Mercury with Cleanthis. Plautus who endshis Comedy with the ferious Incident of Jupi-ter defcending. in a Machine, would havebeen obhgd to Molière to have interruptedthe impertinent of Amphitry-on^?^ Friends on fo nice a Subjed:, by Softa^%Drollery. But in ftoort lei^s cut the Difcourfe offhere^ and let every Body go heme in Peace,In thefe kind cf A[fairs lis always heft to [aynothing. To confider this Refiedlion whichfinilhes the Catallrophe in a humourous Viewonly, we mufc acknowledge that it was veryDifficult to terminate fo galant an Intriguein a nicer Manner on the French Stage, A 4 ACTORS. ACTEURS. Acteurs duProl©gu£. Nuit. Acteurs de la Comédie, Jupiter, fous la figure dAmphitrion. A M ? HIT R î o N, général des thébàins. Alcmene, femme dAmphitrion. C
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