Les Visionnaires

Alcidon seeks to marry off his three daughters, but the task proves daunting: all three are trapped in their respective follies! The first is in love with Alexander the Great, the second is obsessed with theater, and the last believes she is loved by everyone.

The suitors are no less extravagant: an incomprehensible poet, a phony swashbuckler, an idealistic lover, and a shady rich man make up the strange crew tasked with courting the three sisters.

As for the poor father, he seems hardly more sensible and must rely on a close relative to avoid succumbing to the surrounding madness.

In this unfairly forgotten baroque play from 1637, Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin unleashes a torrent of alexandrines upon the audience, sweeping them into a slapstick whirlwind of wild originality.