Amphitryon

A play by Moliere

Translated by A.R. Waller, M.A.




Amphitryon was played for the first time in Paris, at the Theatre du
Palais-Royal, January 13, 1668. It was successfully received,
holding the boards until the 18th of March, when Easter intervened.
After the re-opening of the theatre, it was played half a dozen
times more the same year, and continued to please.

The first edition was published in 1668.

Note: It is perhaps hardly necessary to refer the reader to
Amphitryon, by Plautus, the comedy upon which Moliere's charming
play was, in the main, based. The rendering attempted here can give
but a faint reflection of the original, for hardly any comedy of
Moliere's loses more in the process of translation.




Amphitryon

A play by Moliere