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Hosted by Laurence Olivier, these big-name productions also included the creme de la creme of acting talents from John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson and Orson Welles to Trevor Howard, Michael Redgrave and Olivier himself. They were based on works by the world's leading authors, among them Charles Dickens, Henry James, Oscar Wilde and Anton Chekhov. These are but a few of whose company we shall be keeping as we raise the curtain on our first instalment of theatrical history.

In questo racconto lungo Dumas si esprime in una storia romanzata più che in un romanzo storico e narra dell'intrigo che portò all'omicidio, nel 1537, di Alessandro de' Medici, soprannominato il Moro, che aveva iniziato a schiacciare, sotto l'egida del papato, la repubblica fiorentina con tratti sempre più "principeschi", usando sopraffazioni e violenze.

Cos'è accaduto, dopo venti anni, della mitica amicizia dei Tre Moschettieri, poi allargatasi al guascone D'Artagnan, meno nobile ma non meno valoroso, anzi? Come in molti sequel, Dumas si trova a scrivere il suo secondo libro (nel 1845, un anno dopo la pubblicazione dei "Tre Moschettieri"), e riesce a illustrare con acume e non senza humour come la vita ha cambiato i nostri eroi.

Volume Seven of Alexander' Dumas' catalogue of crime features three colourful historical figures. Albanian tyrant Ali Pacha (or Pasha) was a brigand who later became an operative of the Ottoman empire. After extending his territory to include large areas of Greece and Macedonia, and aspiring to become an independent leader, he attracted the enmity of the Sultan and was declared a rebel. He died in battle at the age of 80.

In Volume Four, Dumas relates the 1819 murder of German dramatist August von Kotzebue by Karl Ludwig Sand, the campaign to destroy Father Urbain Grandier in 1634, who was successfully convicted of witchcraft and put to a brutal death, and the consequences of the amorous relationship between the prince of Brancaleone and Nisida.

The prolific Alexandre Dumas, père, first published his famous eight-volume crime series in Paris in 1845. It contained 18 stories which, as the author notes in the introduction, had “the added value of giving the modern reader a clear picture of the state of semi-lawlessness which existed in Europe, during the middle ages.” In Volume 3, Dumas relates the tragic fate of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, following the death of her husband, Lord Darnley.

In Celebrated Crimes [eight volumes: this version, 1895], Dumas the elder, recognised master of historical fiction (The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers) turns to historical fact. In this volume: Joan of Naples. The much-married queen does what she must to survive ‘the violence and treachery of this barbarous age’. ‘An angel soiled by crime, she lied like Satan himself .’ The Man in The Iron Mask (an essay). How much of the well-known story is fact, and how much fiction?

The prolific Alexandre Dumas, père, first published his famous eight-volume crime series in Paris in 1839-40. It contained 18 stories, which, as the author notes in the introduction, had “the added value of giving the modern reader a clear picture of the state of semi-lawlessness which existed in Europe, during the middle ages.” In Volume 5, Dumas relates the lengths to which Antoine Derues will go in his pursuit of money, and the consequences of the dark works of Marie Leroux and her partner Claude Perregaud.

In his eighth and final volume of his compilation of the most notorious deeds in European history at his point in time, Alexandre Dumas tells the story of three femmes fatales and the deaths that followed in their wake. The Marquise de Brinvilliers was a serial poisoner, Vaninka, an arsonist, and although the Marquise de Ganges did no killing herself, her beauty and desirability caused others to kill for her.

1815年初春拿破仑复辟前夕，马赛的青年水手爱德蒙・唐泰斯遭人诬陷，被安上“拿破仑党”的罪名关进伊夫堡监狱地下黑牢……1815年初春拿破崙復辟前夕，馬賽的青年水手愛德蒙・唐泰斯遭人誣陷，被安上「拿破崙黨」的罪名關進伊夫堡監獄地下黑牢……

This volume relates the stories of the Borgias and the Cenci. The former, a family of Spanish adventurers, came to dominate the Italian peninsula, and, when Rodergio Borgia became Pope Alexander VI, the world of Christendom, in the late 15th century. The Cenci was an aristocratic family, in which rampant sexual and domestic abuse led to murder and very public execution.

In the second entry of his compilation of the most notorious deeds in European history at his point in time, Alexandre Dumas composes an essay covering a span of nearly 300 years of strife between the Catholics and Protestants of Southern France. Dumas recounts numerous instances of bloody conflict, unruly mobs, assassination, and political turmoil as the Protestants of the region fight to live and worship as they choose and Catholics endeavor to suppress a dangerous threat to their hegemony.

"Serdtsa i shpagi" - radiospektakl' po motivam romana "D'Artan'yan i tri mushketera".

"Tayna bashni Bertod'er" - radiospektakl' po romanu "Vikont de Brazhelon" ("Chelovek v zheleznoy maske").

Héloise (la seconda moglie di Villefort) vuole concludere il suo piano diabolico: uccidere Valentine, facendo in modo che suo figlio Édouard riceva tutta l'eredità. Ma Valentine riesce a sopravvivere. Infatti Noirtier fa capire al dottor d'Avrigny che aveva intuito da tempo che avrebbero avvelenato la nipote, e fino a quel momento era riuscito a salvarla dandole ogni giorno un poco della sostanza mortale, neutralizzandone così parzialmente gli effetti.

A Marsiglia Edmond incontra Mercedes (che aveva appena salutato il figlio Albert in partenza per l'Africa). I due parlano a lungo: Mercedes non odia l'uomo che ha davanti, anzi rimprovera sé stessa per le scelte sbagliate che ha fatto. Le strade dei due, un tempo giovani e felicemente innamorati, si dividono per sempre. La morte inaspettata di Édouard, il figlio di Villefort, fa però sorgere in Edmond dei dubbi sulla sua opera di 'giustiziere divino'.

Dopo aver ottenuto da Danglars la sicurezza sul matrimonio con Eugénie, Andrea Cavalcanti/Benedetto viene a sapere che Caderousse lo vuole vedere e si reca da lui. Andrea gli racconta di essere convinto che il suo vero padre sia il Conte di Montecristo e Caderousse, assai interessato alla fortuna del conte, intende derubarlo nella sua casa sugli Champs Èlysées.

I marchesi di Saint-Méran (nonni materni di Valentine Villefort) partono da Marsiglia per Parigi per concludere il matrimonio della nipote con Franz d'Epinay, ma durante il viaggio il marchese muore improvvisamente. A poche ore dalla firma del contratto matrimoniale, quando Valentine e Maximilien Morrel già si preparano alla fuga per non essere separati, anche la signora di Saint-Méran muore di colpo, in circostanze simili al marito.

Schon als er sie das erste Mal sieht, spürt Armand Duval, dass Marguerite Gautier eine wichtige Rolle in seinem Leben spielen wird. Der wohlhabende Bourgeois verliebt sich in die Kurtisane und auch ihre Liebe zu ihm ist entfacht. Doch als der Vater Armands von der unschicklichen Verbindung erfährt, drängt er Marguerite, sich zum Wohle seines Sohnes zurückzuziehen. Aus Liebe zu Armand gibt sie nach, stößt ihn von sich und kehrt gebrochen in ihr altes Leben als Kurtisane zurück.

"En för alla, alla för en!" Alexandre Dumas klassiska äventyrsroman, "De tre musketörerna", handlar om den modige ynglingen D'Artagnan som kommer till Paris för att bli musketör. De tre musketörerna Athos, Portos och Aramis korsar D'Artagnans väg och tillsammans dras de in i maktens intriger. D'Artagnan blir häftigt förälskad i en förtjusande hovdam medan konflikten med England och den lömska kardinal Richelieu lurar i bakgrunden.