Monsieur de Pourceaugnac, Les Amants magnifiques

Emphasizing the comic side of the comédie-ballet, Monsieur de Pourceaugnac shows how this provincial from Limoges, an undesirable suitor, is chased from Paris. Meanwhile, Les Amants magnifiques, created as part of a lavish festival of music and dance, is an example of the genre’s more romantic side; in the sentimental plot concerning noble figures, we can at times spot elements that may have influenced Marivaux.