Arlequin Mahomet
Fleeing debtors in a flying machine, Arlequin encounters a Persian prince whose beloved is being forced to marry the Tartar Kam. Mistaken for Mohammed, he helps the princess and prince marry, then weds her servant.
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Fleeing debtors in a flying machine, Arlequin encounters a Persian prince whose beloved is being forced to marry the Tartar Kam. Mistaken for Mohammed, he helps the princess and prince marry, then weds her servant.
After being marooned on Serendib, Pierrot and Mezzetin disguise themselves as women and become priestesses, while Arlequin is crowned king. He discovers that the islanders sacrifice their kings, and the three escape to Paris before he can be killed.
A valet departs from the usual service of his master: he tries to supplant him in love and gain for himself.
Gil Blas is captured by robber Rolando’s band and held in their cavern with noblewoman Séraphine. Her husband is captured while searching for her in disguise. Rolando repents and discovers he is Séraphine’s brother. Gil Blas escapes and returns with a rescue party, who free the prisoners.
In Damascus, wealthy Sélim meets Margyane and falls in love, but leaves to seek a buried treasure. Spirits promise him a thirteenth jeweled statue if he marries an innocent girl and delivers her to them. In Mecca, he marries Margyane, unaware she is the girl from the desert. Torn between his vow and love, he refuses to surrender her, but Amgiad takes her away while Sélim sleeps. He returns to claim the treasure and plans to smash the statue; Margyane appears in its place, and Amgiad reveals that love is a greater treasure than gold.
The one-act farce is the final installment of Lesage’s Arlequinade sequence; together with La Foire de Guibray and Arlequin Mahomet, it forms a linked comedy in three acts.
Fleeing debtors in a flying machine, Arlequin encounters a Persian prince whose beloved is being forced to marry the Tartar Kam. Mistaken for Mohammed, he helps the princess and prince marry, then weds her servant.
After being marooned on Serendib, Pierrot and Mezzetin disguise themselves as women and become priestesses, while Arlequin is crowned king. He discovers that the islanders sacrifice their kings, and the three escape to Paris before he can be killed.
A valet departs from the usual service of his master: he tries to supplant him in love and gain for himself.
Gil Blas is captured by robber Rolando’s band and held in their cavern with noblewoman Séraphine. Her husband is captured while searching for her in disguise. Rolando repents and discovers he is Séraphine’s brother. Gil Blas escapes and returns with a rescue party, who free the prisoners.
In Damascus, wealthy Sélim meets Margyane and falls in love, but leaves to seek a buried treasure. Spirits promise him a thirteenth jeweled statue if he marries an innocent girl and delivers her to them. In Mecca, he marries Margyane, unaware she is the girl from the desert. Torn between his vow and love, he refuses to surrender her, but Amgiad takes her away while Sélim sleeps. He returns to claim the treasure and plans to smash the statue; Margyane appears in its place, and Amgiad reveals that love is a greater treasure than gold.
The one-act farce is the final installment of Lesage’s Arlequinade sequence; together with La Foire de Guibray and Arlequin Mahomet, it forms a linked comedy in three acts.
A comedy centered on Turcaret, a ruthless and dissolute financier, and the equally dissolute people around him, including a marquis, a knavish chevalier, and a coquettish baroness.