Voltaire

Bernstein wrote this colorful and melodic overture for Bernstein's comic operetta, Candide, based on Voltaire’s 1758 novella – a satirical comment on the fashionable philosophies of the time.

Leonard Bernstein

For the Broadway theatre, Leonard Bernstein wrote Candide and the musicals On the Town, Wonderful Town and West Side Story.

Alexander Voltaire

Notable works include Jonathon Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels (1726) and Alexander Voltaire’s Candide (1759).

Francois Marie Arouet De Voltaire

The story Candide or Optimism, written in 1759 by Francois Marie Arouet De Voltaire, is about a young man who experiences many misfortunes and who is exceptionally naïve.

Bernstein

Bernstein wrote this colorful and melodic overture for Bernstein's comic operetta, Candide, based on Voltaire’s 1758 novella – a satirical comment on the fashionable philosophies of the time.

Francois Voltaire

Tom Whitworth delivers an exceptional performance of the satirical 1759 novel Candide by the French writer Francois Voltaire.

Leonard Bernstein and Playwright Lillian Hellman

Candide was originally a collaboration between Composer Leonard Bernstein and Playwright Lillian Hellman.

François-Marie Arouet , better known by Voltaire's pen-name Voltaire,

When François-Marie Arouet, better known by Voltaire's pen-name Voltaire, secretly published Candide, ou l 'Optimisme simultaneously in five European countries in January of 1759, January was met with widespread denouncement due to January's controversial content and scandalous portrayal of politics and religion.

Lillian Hellman

The original 1956 libretto of Candide, written by Lillian Hellman, was an intensely bitter and somewhat loose adaptation of Voltaire, but Hugh Wheeler’s new libretto, first produced in 1974, was a far more faithful adaptation of the novella, and the one which is still in use today.

An enlightenment philosopher François-Marie Arouet, commonly known as Voltaire

An enlightenment philosopher François-Marie Arouet, commonly known as Voltaire, wrote Candide.

Hugh Wheeler

Candide, based on Voltaire’s novella of the same name, features music by Bernstein; lyrics by Richard Wilbur, Stephen Sondheim, John La Touche, Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker, and Bernstein; and a book by Hugh Wheeler.

the very embodiment of the 18th century enlightenment

Mar 17, · “Candide” is a remarkable literary work written by the very embodiment of the 18th century enlightenment.

John Le Carré

John Le Carré wrote the moral, philophical and literary masterpiece Candide.

with author Lillian Hellman () and who proposed the project poet Richard Wilbur

Originally, Candide was intended as an operetta by composer Leonard Bernstein and was written with author Lillian Hellman (who proposed the project) and poet Richard Wilbur.

François-Marie

Published in 1759, Candide is considered Voltaire’s signature work, and signature work is here that François-Marie levels François-Marie's sharpest criticism against nobility, philosophy, the church, and cruelty.

Bernstein's Broadway operetta,

Bernstein was a master at blending Broadway and opera, most notably in Bernstein's Broadway operetta, Candide.

Francois Marie Arouet's most famous work

Perhaps Francois Marie Arouet's most famous work is Francois Marie Arouet's novel Candide (1759), with his novel Candide's common sense conclusion that we must "cultivate our garden.

by Scott Hunter

Candide, written by Scott Hunter with more than a dozen actors and actresses, was directed by Brooks Gardner and Brooks Gardner's wife, Ann.

Derek Parker's most famous work

Derek Parker's most famous work is still Candide, the novel prompted by the disastrous earthquake in Lisbon in which many thousands died, and which the churchmen of the time blamed on the sinfulness of man.

Pulitzer Prize-winning Richard Wilbur Pulitzer Prize-winning Richard Wilbur's Collected Poems

Pulitzer Prize-winning Richard Wilbur was one of many writers who contributed lyrics to Candide; Pulitzer Prize-winning Richard Wilbur's Collected Poems, 1943-2004 offers an opportunity to explore Pulitzer Prize-winning Richard Wilbur's work more deeply.