Contemporary copy of ‘Rome Sauvée’ with stage directions, 1752

Identifiers

CMV:

CMV37511

Shelfmark:

MS 0198, ‘Catilina : ou Rome Sauvée’

Title:

Contemporary copy of ‘Rome Sauvée’ with stage directions, 1752

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No related manuscripts found.

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Reproductions:

Comédie-Française, MF0205

Content

People:

Voltaire: Author
Unknown: Copyist
Unknown: Editor

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In Voltaire’s Hand:

No

Brief Summary:

Contemporary copy of Rome Sauvée with stage directions, 1752.

Detailed Summary:

This copy is not the performance text. It varies from first editions of the play, and with Lekain’s actor’s copy of the role of Catilina (CMV37509). The play was first performed at the Comédie-Française at the Jeu de Paume de l’Etoile on Thursday 24 February 1752.

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Physical Description

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Extent:

Five fascicules: 17 + 13 +13 + 15 + 12 pp.

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Dimensions:

338 x 222 mm

Hands:

2

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Decorations:

Undecorated

Additions:

The MS has been corrected throughout by a second hand.

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History

Date:

1752

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Bibliography

Bibliography:

OCV Reference:

vol.31A, p.1-292

OCV Manuscript Reference:

vol.31A, p.113-114, ‘MS2’

Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

8 September 2025