First performed in 1732, Marivaux's play on the theme of cross-dressing, depicts the stratagems of the young princess Léonide in love with Agis, the legitimate heir to the throne of Sparta. To meet the prince, watched over by the philosopher Hermocrates and his sister, Léonide disguises herself as a man and seduces the whole household.
Michel Aumont
as Hermocrate
Yvonne Gaudeau
as Léontine
Dominique Constanza
as Corine
Raymond Aquaviva
as Agis
Gérard Giroudon
as Arlequin
Fanny Delbrice
as Léonide
