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 84 THIRTY-SIX DRAMATIC SITUATIONS Rivalry Between a I/awful Wife Who is Anti- pathetic and a Mistress Who is Congenial: "C'est la Loi" (Cliquet, 1882); "Les Affranchis" (Madame Len- e>u, 1911). (9) -Between a Generous Wife and an Impas- sioned Girl: — "La Vierge Folle" (Bataille, 1910); "La Femme de Demain" (Arthur Lefebvre, 1909). C (1) - - An Antagonistic Husband Sacrificed for a Congenial Lover :-- "Angelo ;" "Le Nouveau Monde" by Villiers de l'Isle Adam; "Un Drole" (Yves Guyot, 1889); "Le Mari" (Nus and Arnould, 1889); "Les Ten- ailles" (Hervieu); "Le Torrent" (Donnay); "Decadence" (Guinon, 1901); "Page Blanche" (Devore, 1909). (2) - - A Husband, Believed to be Lost, Forgotten for a Rival: -- "Rhadamiste et Zenobie" by Cr^billon; "Jacques Damour" by Zola. The "Zenobie" of Metas- tasio, by the faithful love retained for her husband, forms a case unique (!) among the innumerable dramas upon adulterous passions. Compare "Le Declale" (see XXIV, A 12). (3) - A Commonplace Husband Sacrificed for a Sympathetic Lover: "Diane de Lys" by Dumas; "Tristan and Isolde" by Wagner (with the addition of "Madness," produced by a love-potion); "Francoise de Rimini" (A. Thomas, 1882); "La Serenade" (Jean Jullien, 1887); "L' Age Critique" (Byl, 1890) ; "Antoinette Sabrier" (Coolus, 1903); "La Montansier" (Jeofrin, de Flers and de Caillavet, 1904); "Connais-toi" (Hervieu, 1909). The same case without adultery: "Sigurd" (Reyer, 1885); "La Comtesse Sarah" (1886). (4j -A Good Husband Betrayed for an Inferior Rival:- "L'Aveu" (Sarah Bernhard, 1888); "RevolteV' (Lemaitre, 1889); "La Maison des Deux Barbeaux" (Theuriet, 1885; ; "Andre" del Sarte" (Alfred de Musset); "La Petite Paroisse" (Daudet, 1911); "Le Mannequin d'Osier" (France, 1904); "La Rencontre" (Berton, 1909). Cases of preference without adultery: "Smilis" by Aicard; "Les Jacobines" by Hermant (1907). (5) - For a Grotesque Rival : - - "The Fatal Dowry" by Massinger.