''La Tour de Nesle'' is a drama in five

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and nine

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, based on the circumstances of the Tour de Nesle Affair. It was written by , then rewritten by

Alexandre Dumas Alexandre Dumas (, ; ; born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (), 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas père (where '' '' is French for 'father', to distinguish him from his son Alexandre Dumas fils), was a French writer ...

. It premiered at Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin on 29 May 1832.

Plot

''La Tour de Nesle'' relates the story of

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, who, after restless nights, killed her partners to leave no witness of her nocturnal debauchery.

Bibliography

*Alexandre Dumas, Frédéric Gaillardet, ''La Tour de Nesle, drame en cinq actes et en neuf tableaux'', Paris, Imprimerie normale de J. Didot l'aîné, 1832 . French plays 1832 plays Plays set in the 13th century Plays set in the 14th century {{1830s-play-stub