PREFACE
Amphitryon was played for the first time in Paris, at the Theatre du
Palais-Royal, January 13, 1668. It was successfully received, holding the
boards until the 18th of March, when Easter intervened. After the reopening
of the theatre, it was played half a dozen times more the same
year, and continued to please.
The first edition was published in 1668.
Note: It is perhaps hardly necessary to refer the reader to Amphitryon,
by Plautus, the comedy upon which Moliere\'s charming play was, in the
main, based. The rendering attempted here can give but a faint reflection
of the original, for hardly any comedy of Moliere\'s loses more in the
process of translation.