Profile for hermeline

Madiel   m   Obscure

Sméraldine   f   Theatre
Fata Morgana's black slave in "L'amour des trois oranges" by Prokofiev.

Frosine   f   Theatre
in Moliere's "L'Avare" (The Miser), Frosine is an elderly woman who acts as a go-between to ensure the marriage of Harpagon and Mariane; she convinces Harpagon that Mariane's frugality will outweigh her lack of dowry, and that Mariane loves bespectacled old men.

Cathos   f   Theatre
A character in "Les Précieuses Ridicules"(The Absurd Précieuses or The Affected Ladies), a one-act satire by Molière in prose. The play takes aim at the précieuses, the ultra-witty ladies who indulged in lively conversations, word games and, in a word, préciosité (preciousness)

Philaminte   f   Theatre
An overbearing wife and mother in Moliere's "Les Femmes Savantes" (The Learned Ladies).

Chrysalde   m   Theatre
A character in Molière's "L'école des femmes" (The School for Wives ).

Nérine   f   Theatre
Hyacinthe's wet nurse in Moliere's "Les Fourberies de Scapin"

Mascarille   m   Theatre
a character in Moliere's "Étourdi ou les Contretemps" (The Blunderer, or the Counterplots), whose plot follows a servant's schemes to help his wealthy employer win the affections of a poor young woman.

Pandolphus   m   Theatre
A character in Moliere's "L'Étourdi ou les Contretemps".

Atlantes   m   Literature
Atlantes was a powerful sorcerer featured in chansons de geste. In Boiardo's Orlando Innamorato (1482), where he is known as Atalante, the magician fears that Rugiero (Boiardo's spelling) will convert to Christianity and aid Charlemagne against the Saracens... [more]