Fran Ois-Marie Arouet

This tragedy is founded on historical truth. A duke of Brittany in the year 1387 commanded the lord of Bavalan to assassinate the constable of Clisson: Bavalan the day after told the duke it was done: the duke becoming sensible of the horror of his crime and apprehensive of the fatal consequences...

Alzire first appeared on the stage in 1736 to great acclaim and success. Alzire is set Lima Peru at the time of the Spanish conquest. Don Gusman a Spanish grandee has just succeeded his father Don Alvarez in the Governorship of Peru. The rule of Don Alvarez had been beneficent and just; he had sp...