·Bulletin the University of Texas
·BULLETIN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS NO. 259 ISSUED FOUR TIMES A MONTH GENERAL SERIES No. 29 DECEMBER 15, 1912 Le Legataire U niversel (The Sole Heir) BY JEAN FRANCOIS REGNARD Translated for The Curtain Club by Stark Young, Adjunct Professor of General Literature in the University of Texas With a Brief Introduction PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN1 TEXAS Entered as second-class mail matter at the pvstoifice at Austin, Texas 66-113-lm-2708 BULLETIN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS NO. 259 ISSUED FOUR'. TIMES A MONTH GENERAL SERIES No. 29 DECEMBER 15, 1912 Le Legataire Universel (The Sole Heir) BY JEAN FRANCOIS REGNARD Translated for The Curtain Club by Stark, Young, Adjunct Professor of General Literature in the University of Texas With a Brief Introduction PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN, TEXAS Entered as second-class mail matter at the pustoifice at Austin, Texas " LE LEGATAIRE UNIVERSEL (THE SOLE HEIR) A comedy in five acts, presented for the first time January ~), un-i DRAMATIS PERSONAE. Geronte, uncle of Eraste. Eraste, lover of Isabelle. Madame Argante, mother of Isabelle. Isabelle, daughter of Madame Argante. Lisette, maid of Geronte. Crispin, valet of Eraste. M. Cristorel, apothecary. M. Scruple and M. Gaspard, notaries. A lackey. The scene is in Paris, at the house of Geronte. NOTE ON THE AUTHOR Jean Francois Hegnard was born in Paris, February 8, 1655. His father's death left him possessed of a considerable estate, and gave him the means to indulge an unusually strong taste for travel. He visited Italy, Holland, Denmark, Turkey, Poland, Germany, an<l other countries; but returned at length to Paris in 1683, and became a treasurer of France.
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