The Inconstant

Old Mirabel learns his son is back in Paris—and immediately measures the news in dinner: a whole louis d’or a head. “Enough to stock the whole nation with bastards,” he declares, delighted.

George Farquhar’s comedy opens on the lively streets and taverns of Paris, where Young Mirabel has returned from abroad with Captain Duretete at his side. His sister Oriana is determined to marry him, but her brother warns that Mirabel’s wit, charm and foreign polish come with a history of conquests—and a talent for fickleness. As old friends reunite and old expectations collide with new appetites, Oriana’s confidence faces a very personal test. Can she persuade a notorious wanderer to settle down, or will Mirabel’s roaming ways prove stronger than her plans?

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