 Kunyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kutevera kubudirira uku, akaita mumitambo inoverengeka yekumutsidzira uye yechinyakare, uye vanyori vazhinji veFrance vakapa mitambo yake mitsva. Muna 1887, akabata muchikamu chechiitiko chemutambo unokakavadzana Thérèse Raquin naEmile Zola. Zola akanga amborwiswa nemhaka yezviri mubhuku racho zvinopesana. Paakabvunzwa kuti nei akasarudza mutambo uyu, akaudza vatori venhau kuti, Nyika yangu chaiyo mhepo yakasununguka, uye basa rangu unyanzvi pasina zvinorambidza. Mutambo wacho hauna kubudirira; wakangotambwa ka38. Ipapo akaita imwe melodrama yetsika, Francillon naAlexandre Dumas, vanakomana muna 1888. Mutambo mupfupi waakanyora iye amene, LAveu, wakaodza mwoyo vose vari vaviri vatsoropodzi navateereri uye wakangogara mitambo 12 bedzi. Akabudirira zvikuru zvikuru neJeanne dArc nemunyori Jules Barbier, umo mutambi ane makore 45 okukura akaita Joan of Arc, mufi ane makore 19 okukura. Barbier akanga ambonyora mabhuku eimwe yemitambo yakakurumbira yeFrance yenguva yacho, kusanganisira Faust naCharles Gounod uye The Tales of Hoffmann naJacques Offenbach. Kubudirira kwake kwakatevera kwakanga kuri imwe melodrama naSardou naMoreau, Cleopatra, iyo yakamubvumira kupfeka zvipfeko zvakagadzirwa uye akapedza nechiitiko chisingakanganwiki cherufu. Nokuda kwechiitiko ichi, akachengeta nyoka mbiri dzakasimba, idzo dzakatamba basa reshato ine muchetura inoruma Cleopatra. Nokuda kwechokwadi, akapenda zvigunwe zvemaoko ake zvitsvuku, kunyange zvazvo zvakanga zvisinganyatsooneki kubva kuvateereri. Ndichavaona, akatsanangura kudaro. Kana ndikaona ruoko rwangu, ruchava ruoko rwaCleopatra. 