Nic. They are great and mysterious events. Yes, the King has come here to seek Mélicerte; and it is said that formerly her mother, Belise, who was thought by all in Tempe to be the sister of Mopse. But I have undertaken to look for her everywhere: you will hear all about it soon. MYR. Ye Gods! what a calamity! Ah! Nicandre, Nicandre! ACAN. Let us follow him, and then we shall learn everything. END OF THE SECOND ACT Le Sicilien ou L'Amour Peintre was played for the first time before the Court at Saint-Germain en Laye probably on February 14, 1667, and, in public, in the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, June 10, 1667, followed by seventeen further representations in the months of June and July. Molière played the part of Dom Pèdre. The title-page of the first edition runs thus: LE SICILIEN, | ov | L'AMOVR | PEINTRE, | COMEDIE. Par I. B. P. DE MOLIERE. A PARIS, | Chez IEAN RIBOV, au Palais, vis à vis la Porte de la S. Chapelle, à l'Image S. Louis. | M.DC.LXVIII. | AVEC PRIVILEGE DV ROY. THE SICILIAN OR LOVE MAKES THE PAINTER (L'Amour Peintre) A COMEDY DRAMATIS PERSONE ADRASTE, a French gentleman, Isidore's lover. DOM PEDRO, a Sicilian, Isidore's lover. ISIDORE, Dom Pedro's Greek slave. CLIMÈNE, Adraste's sister. HALI, Adraste's valet. THE SENATOR. MUSICIANS. SLAVES (Troupe d'Esclaves). |