Le jeu de l'amour et du hasard: Marivaux's play returns to the Théâtre des Mathurins

Le jeu de l'amour et du hasard returns to Paris from August 29 to December 30, 2025, this time at the Théâtre des Mathurins in the 8th arrondissement. Director Frédéric Cherbœuf's adaptation of Marivaux's play brings the author's work into our own time.

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Written in 1730, Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard is a comedy in three acts by the celebrated writer Marivaux, dealing with, among other things, budding love, social prejudice and self-love. Marivaux 's play explores the feeling of love, through a masquerade.

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Two future brides and grooms, who don't know each other, want to find out more about each other before the big day. To this end, Silvia, the bride-to-be, swaps clothes with her servant Lisette. What she doesn't know is that the groom-to-be, Dorante, chooses to use the same ploy with his valet, Harlequin. Silvia's father and son are aware of this, and are amused by the situation, giving the victims of the deception a run for their money.

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Frédéric Cherbeouf aims to breathe new life into Marivaux's play, fulfilling the promise of "a sensual and political revolution". Frédéric Cherbeouf 's Le jeu de l'amour et du hasard aims to unveil"a reinvention of love!