First performed in 1732, Marivaux's play on the theme of cross-dressing, depicts the stratagems of the young princess Léonide in love with Agis, the legitimate heir to the throne of Sparta. To meet the prince, watched over by the philosopher Hermocrates and his sister, Léonide disguises herself as a man and seduces the whole household.

Cast

Michel Aumont

Hermocrate

Yvonne Gaudeau

Léontine

Dominique Constanza

Corine

Raymond Aquaviva

Agis

Gérard Giroudon

Arlequin

Fanny Delbrice

Léonide