Frederick Lokes Slous
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Frederick Lokes Slous (original spelling) (1802-1892),
- Victor Hugo's dramas were bowdlerized almost out of recognition in the 1845 English translations of Frederick Lokes Slous included in the 1877 Complete Works. Le Roi s'amuse, familiar in Verdi's operatic treatment Rigoletto, was furnished with a happy ending: there is no hint of Blanche/Gilda being deflowered, rather, she comes within a hairbreadth of touching her lips to a glass of wine which contains the poison that Saltabadil/Sparafucile prefers to his usual instrument in this version. Lucrezia Borgia is similarly altered.
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