prude, prude, comic, play, french, philosopher, author, voltaire, written, 1739, based, plain, dealer, william, wycherly, which, turn, based, molière, misanthrope, performed, once, 1747, having, been, offered, comédie, française, accepted, references, edit, pe. La Prude The Prude is a comic play by the French philosopher and author Voltaire written in 1739 1 2 It is based on The Plain Dealer by William Wycherly which in turn is based on Moliere s The Misanthrope 3 It was performed once in 1747 having been offered to the Comedie Francaise but not accepted 3 References edit Pearson Roger 2010 12 15 Voltaire Almighty A Life in Pursuit of Freedom A amp C Black ISBN 9781408820803 Cronk Nicholas 2009 02 19 The Cambridge Companion to Voltaire Cambridge University Press p 95 ISBN 9780521849739 a b Carlson Marvin A 1998 Voltaire and the Theatre of the Eighteenth Century Greenwood Publishing Group p 52 ISBN 9780313303029 Further reading editRussell Goulbourne 2006 Voltaire Comic Dramatist Studies of Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century nbsp This article on a play from the 18th century is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title La Prude amp oldid 1094556051, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
