For her third and last play, the tragi-comedy Le Favory (not translated into English until the twentieth century), Marie-Catherine Desjardins
turned to Molière
's company (the Troupe du Roi
). This play (whose title means...
Intertextuality and Influence
Lady Mary Walker
Lady Frances, newly rich, sees herself as holding her fortune in trust for her young nephew and for society as a whole: She considered society is manifestly maintained by a circulation of kindness.
Walker, Lady Mary. Munster Village. Robson, Walter, and Robinson.
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Literary responses
Mercy Otis Warren
Her biographer, Katharine Anthony
, finds her plays influenced by the classic models of Molière
and Shakespeare
; astonishingly confident, if sometimes crass, in their satirical realism; and written with feeling as well as thought.
Anthony, Katharine Susan. First Lady of the Revolution: The Life of Mercy Otis Warren. Kennikat Press.
