
ACTEURS.
SCENE III. - Elise.
SCENE SECONDE.
ACTE IV. - SCENE PREMIERE. - Orosmane.
In a restless island kingdom, the sudden death of a beloved monarch throws Cyprus into a dangerous uncertainty. Two royal sisters, Elise and Alcione, find themselves at the center of a tangled web of duty and desire, each expected to inherit the throne while a contested marriage could seal the realm’s future. Amid the intrigue, the daring pirate‑prince Orosmane, known as the Prince Corsair, becomes both a hopeful lover and a political pawn whose ambition threatens to reshape the balance of power.
As courtiers whisper and secret documents surface, the sisters must decide whether to obey a hidden will that binds them to a marriage with the celebrated warrior Amintas, or to follow their own hearts. Their choices ripple through a court already divided by rival factions and the looming threat of war. Listeners are drawn into a vivid tableau of love, loyalty, and the fragile line between personal longing and the demands of a crown.
Language
fr
Duration
~1 hours (78K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Laurent Vogel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr)
Release date
2007-01-10
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1610–1660
A sharp, playful voice in 17th-century French literature, this poet, dramatist, and novelist helped shape the burlesque style and left his biggest mark with The Comic Novel. His work brought theatrical energy, parody, and a lively eye for everyday life into French writing.
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