To be sure, but like I said, Orieux' point was that Voltaire wasn't as committed to Émilie as she was to him in 1743!
Ah, yes, I totally misparsed that! Thanks :)
And she may have been a good player early on when her opponents weren't Versailles nobility knowing all the tricks.
That... makes a lot of sense.
Us and Orson Welles, who at times wanted to do a film version
Oh! You know, I can really understand wanting to do a film version (which would be fantastic!) and I also kind of understand wanting to play one of the Alexandres (because those would be fantastic roles), but yeah. By which I mean: no. That is very cool about Porthos, though!
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Re: My reading of Orieux
Date: 2021-04-16 04:38 am (UTC)Ah, yes, I totally misparsed that! Thanks :)
And she may have been a good player early on when her opponents weren't Versailles nobility knowing all the tricks.
That... makes a lot of sense.
Us and Orson Welles, who at times wanted to do a film version
Oh! You know, I can really understand wanting to do a film version (which would be fantastic!) and I also kind of understand wanting to play one of the Alexandres (because those would be fantastic roles), but yeah. By which I mean: no. That is very cool about Porthos, though!