Badine (We Do Not Trifle with Love)

7 Rue de Lucé, 37000 Tours, France

Perdican loves Camille – who loves Perdican – but pretends to love Rosette. Camille decodes the ruse and makes Perdican confess his love. Rosette witnesses the revelation and dies of love. Camille then tells Perdican that their love is impossible… For Gwénaël Morin, On ne badine pas avec l’amour is above all a tragedy of words. Why is saying “I love you” so hard? In Musset’s play, all the conditions are in place for the characters to be together, but their fear of being fooled, exposed or betrayed leads them to trifle and give up…