Aphra Behn's Emperor of the Moon and its French Source Arlequin, Empereur dans la lune

Judy A. Hayden; Daniel J. Worden

Aphra Behn's Emperor of the Moon and its French Source Arlequin, Empereur dans la lune

Edited by Judy A. Hayden and Daniel J. Worden

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Aphra Behn (1640-89), English playwright

Commedia dell'arte

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Critical Texts 67

Modern Humanities Research Association

31 May 2019 • 176pp

ISBN: 978-1-781888-85-8 (paperback) • RRP £14.99, $19.99, €17.99

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Aphra Behn’s spectacular farce, Emperor of the Moon (1687), so engaged audiences that it was restaged well into the eighteenth century. Her play was largely adapted from Anne Mauduit de Fatouville’s Arlequin, Empereur dans la lune (1684), a commedia dell’arte production by the Comédie-Italienne troupe, a performance which also proved immensely popular with Parisian audiences. Within its witty and amusing three acts, Behn’s play explores a number of contemporary concerns—from commedia dell’arte, to gender and politics, to science and astronomy, including a plurality of worlds, for example—all culminating in the third act’s operatic spectacle.

This volume offers a transcription of Behn’s 1687 play with extensive annotations, a critical discussion of Behn’s text, and the first English translation of Fatouville’s eight French and Italian scenes.

See news item: Harlequin Subject of Critical Edition (18 April 2018)

Contents:

vii-vii	Acknowledgments Judy A. Hayden, Daniel J. Worden doi:10.2307/j.ctvhrcz77.4	Cite
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viii-viii	Permissions Judy A. Hayden, Daniel J. Worden doi:10.2307/j.ctvhrcz77.5	Cite
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1-18	Introduction Judy A. Hayden, Daniel J. Worden doi:10.2307/j.ctvhrcz77.7	Cite
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19-44	The Emperor of the Moon: A Critical Discussion Judy A. Hayden, Daniel J. Worden doi:10.2307/j.ctvhrcz77.8	Cite
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45-114	The Emperor of the Moon Judy A. Hayden, Daniel J. Worden doi:10.2307/j.ctvhrcz77.9	Cite
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115-145	Arlequin, Empereur dans la lune Judy A. Hayden, Daniel J. Worden doi:10.2307/j.ctvhrcz77.10	Cite
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146-156	Appendix A: Biography of Aphra Behn Judy A. Hayden, Daniel J. Worden doi:10.2307/j.ctvhrcz77.11	Cite
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157-159	Appendix B: Biography of Anne Mauduit De Fatouville Judy A. Hayden, Daniel J. Worden doi:10.2307/j.ctvhrcz77.12	Cite
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Hayden, Judy A., and Daniel J. Worden (eds), Aphra Behn's Emperor of the Moon and its French Source Arlequin, Empereur dans la lune, Critical Texts, 67 (MHRA, 2019)

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