George Dandin, ou le Mari confondu

George Dandin, or The Thwarted Husband

Author

Molière

Language

French

Year

1672

Country

France

Genre

Drama / Theatre / Plays

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George Dandin ou le Mari confondu is a French Comédie-ballet in three acts by Molière, with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully, choreography by Pierre Beauchamp, and architecture/staging by Carlo Vigarani and Henri de Gissey. It premiered at the Palace of Versailles, seen by Louis XIV and guests, numbering possibly to 3000 total people, on 18 July 1668, during the Le Grand divertissement royal, produced by court financier Jean-Baptiste Colbert, celebrating the peace from the Treaty of Aachen. Without the ballet and music, the comedy appeared to the Paris public at the theatre of the Palais-Royal beginning on 9 November 1668.