Five Comedies

Chronology

1 Chronology 1804 1 July: birth of Amandine-Aurore-Lucie Dupin (George Sand). 1822 17 September: marriage to Casimir Dudevant. 1823 30 June: birth of her son Maurice. 1828 13 September: birth of her daughter Solange. 1831 4 January: Sand leaves for Paris to earn her living as a writer. June: Sand writes her first play (not intended for the stage), Une Conspiration en 1537 (A Conspiracy in 1537), published in 1921. 1832 19 May: publication of Sand’s first complete novel, Indiana. 1833 August–December: Alfred de Musset uses Sand’s Une Conspiration en 1537 as a major source in writing his play Lorenzaccio (first performed 1896; recent productions of it have sometimes included further material from Une Conspiration en 1537). 1 September: publication of Sand’s play for reading Aldo le rimeur (Aldo the Rhymester). 1837 1 January: publication of Sand’s short dialogue Le Contrebandier (The Smuggler). 1839 15 April: Sand’s play for reading Les Sept Cordes de la lyre (The Seven Strings of the Lyre) begins serial publication. 1840 29 April: première of Sand’s first stage play, the five-act drama Cosima (at the Comédie Française). 1 July: Sand’s play for reading Gabriel begins serial publication. 1842 January and September: publication of Sand’s short dialogues Dialogues familiers (Private Conversations). 1844 December: publication of Sand’s short dialogue Le Père va-tout-seul (Old Go-It-Alone). 17 18 Chronology 1846 8 December: the private theater at Nohant opens with Le Druide peu délicat (The Indelicate Druid), improvised from a scenario by Sand. 1848 6 April: première of Sand’s one-act play Le Roi attend (The King Is Waiting, Comédie Française). 1849 23 November: première of Sand’s three-act comedy François le champi (François the Foundling, Odéon), adapted from her novel of the same name. 1850 10 February: première of Sand’s three-act comedy Lélio (Nohant), later published as Marielle. 8 August: première of Sand’s three-act drama Claudie (Nohant, with the author in the title role); first professional performance follows on 11 January 1851 (PorteSaint -Martin). 1851 10 May: première of Sand’s five-act drama Molière (Gaîté). 17 July: première of Sand’s three-act comedy La Famille de Vanderke (Nohant); first professional performance follows on 26 November, as Le Mariage de Victorine (Victorine’s Wedding, Gymnase). 4 October: première of Sand’s three-act drama Nello (Nohant); first professional performance follows on 15 September 1855, as Maître Favilla (Odéon). 1852 3 March: première of Sand’s three-act comedy Les Vacances de Pandolphe (Pandolfo Takes a Vacation, Gymnase). 15 July: première of Sand’s two-act comedy Le Démon du foyer (The Devil at Home, Nohant); first professional performance follows on 1 September (Gymnase). August: publication of Sand’s play for reading Les Mississipiens (The Mississippians). 1853 29 July: première of Sand’s three-act drama Le Pressoir (The Winepress, Nohant); first professional performance follows on 13 September (Gymnase). 28 November: première of Sand’s five-act drama Mauprat (Odéon), adapted from her novel of the same name. 1854 31 October: première of Sand’s three-act comedy Flaminio (Gymnase). 1855 15 September: first professional performance of Maître Favilla (Odéon). 1856 15 February: première of Sand’s one-act comedy Lucie (Gymnase). 19 Chronology 3 April: première of Sand’s four-act comedy Françoise (Gymnase). 12 April: première of Sand’s three-act drama Comme il vous plaira (As You Like It, Comédie Française), adapted from Shakespeare. 1857 August: publication of Sand’s play for reading Le Diable aux champs (The Devil in the Country). 1859 23 April: première of Sand’s three-act comedy Marguerite de Sainte-Gemme (Gymnase). 1861 15 August: publication of Sand’s one-act “story in dialogue ” Le Pavé (The Paving Stone); première follows on 7 September (Nohant), and first professional performance on 18 March 1862 (Gymnase). 25 October: première of Sand’s three-act “fantasy” Le Drac (The Sprite, Nohant). 1862 26 April: première of Paul Meurice’s play Les Beaux Messieurs de Bois-Doré (Ambigue-Comique), adapted (with Sand’s assistance) from her novel of the same name. 31 August: première of Sand’s three...