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Mérope

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In Voltaire: Life with Mme du Châtelet
His tragedy Mérope, about the mythical Greek queen, won public acclaim on the first night (1743). The performance of Mahomet, in which Voltaire presented the founder of Islam as an imposter, was forbidden, however, after its successful production in 1742. He amassed a vast fortune through the…
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Italian literature

In Italian literature: Reform of the tragic theatre
(Merope was subsequently adapted into French by Voltaire.) Between 1726 and 1747 Antonio Conti—an admirer of William Shakespeare—wrote four Roman tragedies in blank verse. It was not until 1775, however, with the success of Vittorio Alfieri’s Cleopatra, that an important Italian tragedian finally emerged. In…
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