Le Roi s'amuse / The Prince's Play

by Victor Hugo, Tony Harrison (Adaptor)

An adaptation of a Victor Hugo play. The original piece was banned in the 19th century after one performance. Harrison's version is set in late-Victorian times of melodrama, London fogs, a lecherous Prince of Wales, and Jack the Ripper.

126 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1996

About the author

After Napoleon III seized power in 1851, French writer Victor Marie Hugo went into exile and in 1870 returned to France; his novels include The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1831) and Les Misérables (1862).

This poet, playwright, novelist, dramatist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, and perhaps the most influential, important exponent of the Romantic movement in France, campaigned for human rights. People in France regard him as one of greatest poets of that country and know him better abroad.