La fausse prude
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| - | "The corrupting life of the court became worse than ever when the king of all rakes, [[Louis XV]] came to the throne. The rule by mistresses had already become the subject of satires and literary criticism during the reign of [[Louis XIV]] but the "solar" king didn't exactly appreciate the humor of these [[sallies]]. Thus, he banished one day the Italian comedy-players who had been at the court since 1661. [[Saint-Simon]] makes the following remark anent this affair. "So long as these players did no more than discharge their filth and their irreligious blasphemies they were greeted with laughter. But one day they got the idea of producing a piece by the name of ''[[La fausse prude]]'' which was unmistakably aimed at Mme. de [[Maintenon]]. Everyone flocked to see it, but after three or four performances the theatre had to close and within a month the actors had to leave the kingdom."--''[[The Erotic History of France]]'' (1933) by Henry L. Marchand | + | "The corrupting life of the court became worse than ever when the king of all rakes, [[Louis XV]] came to the throne. The rule by mistresses had already become the subject of satires and literary criticism during the reign of [[Louis XIV]] but the "solar" king didn't exactly appreciate the humor of these [[sallies]]. Thus, he banished one day the Italian comedy-players who had been at the court since 1661. [[Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon |Saint-Simon]] makes the following remark anent this affair. "So long as these players did no more than discharge their filth and their irreligious blasphemies they were greeted with laughter. But one day they got the idea of producing a piece by the name of ''[[La fausse prude]]'' which was unmistakably aimed at Mme. de [[Maintenon]]. Everyone flocked to see it, but after three or four performances the theatre had to close and within a month the actors had to leave the kingdom."--''[[The Erotic History of France]]'' (1933) by Henry L. Marchand |
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"The corrupting life of the court became worse than ever when the king of all rakes, Louis XV came to the throne. The rule by mistresses had already become the subject of satires and literary criticism during the reign of Louis XIV but the "solar" king didn't exactly appreciate the humor of these sallies. Thus, he banished one day the Italian comedy-players who had been at the court since 1661. Saint-Simon makes the following remark anent this affair. "So long as these players did no more than discharge their filth and their irreligious blasphemies they were greeted with laughter. But one day they got the idea of producing a piece by the name of La fausse prude which was unmistakably aimed at Mme. de Maintenon. Everyone flocked to see it, but after three or four performances the theatre had to close and within a month the actors had to leave the kingdom."--The Erotic History of France (1933) by Henry L. Marchand |
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La fausse prude was a play aimed at Mme. de Maintenon.
