Several secrets come to light in this play when a character remembers the burning of Caesarea. Chatillon laments that he has been freed but his king remains enslaved after a monarch is so impressed by the honor of a former captive in this play that he frees one hundred slaves upon receiving ransom for ten. The sultan ultimately orders Corasmin to free all the Christians before stabbing himself at the end. Misunderstandings began over a furtive letter sent by Nerestan, who learns that the title character is his sister an
Several secrets come to light in this play when a character remembers the burning of Caesarea. Chatillon laments that he has been freed but his king remains enslaved after a monarch is so impressed by the honor of a former captive in this play that he frees one hundred slaves upon receiving ransom for ten. The sultan ultimately orders Corasmin to free all the Christians before stabbing himself at the end. Misunderstandings began over a furtive letter sent by Nerestan, who learns that the title character is his sister and both are the children of Lusignan, the putative king of Jerusalem. For 10 points, name this play in which the title slave girl converts back to Christianity and ends her plans to marry Orosmane, a melodrama by Voltaire about the Crusades whose title figure once shared her name with an African country.
Several secrets come to light in this play when a character remembers the burning of Caesarea.
Zaire [or Zara]