Zélie, ou L'ingénue
Zélie, ou L'ingénue is a French dramatic piece, in five acts by Madame de Genlis (Stéphanie Félicité comtesse de Genlis, 1746-1830)[1].
Also known simply as Zélie.
The original text
Published in Paris by M. Lambert & F.J. Baudouin as one of three works (La curieuse, Zélie, ou L'ingénue and Le méchant par air) as Volume 2 of her plays, called Théatre de Société, in 1781.
Translations and adaptations
Translated and adapted into English as The Child of Nature by Mrs Inchbald (1753-1821)[2] , originally as a drama in four acts, performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden and published in London by G.G.J. and J. Robinson in 1788. Later published in two acts by T. Dolby, London, in 1825, to coincide with another production in Theatre Royal, Covent Garden.
Facsimile version of the 1788 four act edition of Inchbald's English text, Hathi Trust Digital Library[4]
Facsimile version of the 1825 two act edition of Inchbald's English text, Hathi Trust Digital Library[5]
Patricia Clancy. 1993. "Mme de Genlis, Elizabeth Inchbald and The Child of Nature", Australian Journal of French Studies Volume 30 Issue 3: pp. 324–340.
