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The beautiful Marquise has been left a widow tragically young... The handsome chevalier has been deserted by the love of his life who has decided to take holy orders... Both have sworn never to lose their hearts again... Neither had reckoned with the surprise of love.

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Author: Pierre de Marivaux

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Archive listings for The Surprise of Love (2011)

Work type: Play.

T784516432

UK Premiere. Marivaux was the most important French playwright of the 18th Century. Considered by his contemporaries as 'the doctor of the human heart', he wrote many comedies for the Comedie-Francaise and the Comedie-Italienne in Paris. This will be the first time Marivaux's The Surprise of Love will have been seen by a British audience.Producer Ustinov Studio Company. Director Laurence Boswell. Design Ti Green. Lighting Ben Ormerod. Lighting Richard Howell. Sound Fergus O'Hare. Performer Peter Bramhill. Performer Adam Jackson-Smith. Performer Frances McNamee. Performer Laura Rees. Performer Milo Twomey. Performer Samantha Robinson.

9 Nov 11 to 22 Dec 11

Theatre Royal, Bath :: V854
listing details L86465234

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