La Musica deuxième
play written by Marguerite Duras
La Musica Deuxième (English: "The Lover") is a play written by Marguerite Duras, published in 1985 by Éditions Gallimard. It is an extension of the work La Musica.
The plot
La Musica Deuxième tells the story of a man and woman who reunite three years after they have separated, to finalize their divorce. Though they have begun new lives, their history and a shared nostalgia lead them to each other. Through conversation they reconstruct their past, revealing misunderstandings and betrayals.
“La Musica deuxième” enters the record as play written by Marguerite Duras. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Musica, deuxième and play can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3210921. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1985.
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