Theatre Season in Pau - The Princess of Clèves

1 Rue Saint-Louis, Théâtre Saint-Louis

Early warning from her mother about 'the lack of sincerity of men' and the dangers of love, Mlle de Chartres, sixteen years old, keeps a cool head in the face of the homage her beauty inspires. She knows that 'the greatest happiness of a woman is to love her husband and to be loved by him', and she awaits a suitor. Two brilliant marriage plans, conceived by Mme de Chartres, fail; the young girl must be content with marrying a gentleman full of wisdom and merit, M. de Clèves, whose reverent passion and constancy have touched her virtue. She has for …