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La Prude (The Prude) is a comic play by the French philosopher and author Voltaire, written in 1739. It is based on The Plain Dealer by William Wycherly, which in turn is based on Molière's The Misanthrope. It was performed once, in 1747, having been offered to the Comédie-Française but not accepted.

References

1. Pearson, Roger (2010-12-15). Voltaire Almighty: A Life in Pursuit of Freedom. A&C Black. ISBN 9781408820803.
2. Cronk, Nicholas (2009-02-19). The Cambridge Companion to Voltaire. Cambridge University Press. p. 95. ISBN 9780521849739.
3. ^ Carlson, Marvin A. (1998). Voltaire and the Theatre of the Eighteenth Century. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 52. ISBN 9780313303029.

Further reading

• Russell Goulbourne (2006) "Voltaire, Comic Dramatist" Studies of Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century

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