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| This play is the third Mohammed-like tragedy that Voltaire wrote. It was finished on 1740 and presented by Lanoue and company in 1741 in Lille. The play was later censored on and off between 1741 and 1748. Because Voltaire often questioned religion, his community, and the theories of many respected philosophers, many of the novels he wrote were controversial and censored.It at one point has the heads of all the gods on the stage. |
This play is the third Mohammed-like tragedy that Voltaire wrote. It was finished on 1740 and presented by Lanoue and company in 1741 in Lille. The play was later censored on and off between 1741 and 1748. Because Voltaire often questioned religion, his community, and the theories of many respected philosophers, many of the novels he wrote were controversial and censored.It at one point has the heads of all the gods on the stage. | ||
| In 2005, a production of the play in ], ], ], resulted in Islamic demands for cancellation and street disturbances outside the performance itself. | In 2005, a production of the play in ], ], ], resulted in Islamic demands for cancellation and street disturbances outside the performance itself. | ||
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Mahomet (Mahomet, ou le fanatisme) aka "Fanaticism, or Mahomet the Prophet," is a play written by Voltaire.
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This play is the third Mohammed-like tragedy that Voltaire wrote. It was finished on 1740 and presented by Lanoue and company in 1741 in Lille. The play was later censored on and off between 1741 and 1748. Because Voltaire often questioned religion, his community, and the theories of many respected philosophers, many of the novels he wrote were controversial and censored.It at one point has the heads of all the gods on the stage.
In 2005, a production of the play in Saint-Genis-Pouilly, Ain, France, resulted in Islamic demands for cancellation and street disturbances outside the performance itself.
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