Overview
You'd laugh if I treated you with the respect I feel. An eligible suitor
has been found for Sylvia but, determined to judge him for herself, she
swaps roles with her maid. Meanwhile the suitor and his manservant have
the same idea. Before long each believes they are fatally attracted to
their social opposite. Sylvia's well-intentioned father looks on as the
two couples attempt to make sense of their desires and ultimately lose
themselves to love. From eighteenth-century France, John Fowles
transports us to Regency England in this elegant adaptation of Le Jeu de
l'amour et du hasard, Marivaux's greatest comedy. The Lottery of Love
premiered at the Orange Tree, Richmond, in March 2017. This book
contains an introduction by John Fowles.