Editing Cupid and Psyche (section)

===Performing arts===
In 1634, [[Thomas Heywood]] turned the tale of Cupid and Psyche into a [[masque]] for the court of [[Charles I of England|Charles I]].<ref><!--J.H.G.,-->Entry on "Apuleius", ''Classical Tradition'', p. 57.</ref> [[Jean-Baptiste Lully|Lully]]'s ''[[Psyché (opera)|Psyché]]'' (1678) is a Baroque [[French opera]] (a "[[tragédie lyrique]]") based on [[Psyché (play)|the 1671 play]] by [[Molière]], which had musical ''[[intermède]]s'' by Lully. [[Matthew Locke (composer)|Matthew Locke]]'s [[semi-opera]] ''[[Psyche (Locke)|Psyche]]'' (1675) is a loose reworking from the 1671 production. In 1800, [[Ludwig Abeille]] premièred his four-act German opera ''([[singspiel]])'' ''[[Amor und Psyche]]'', with a [[libretto]] by {{ill|Franz Carl Hiemer|fr}} based on Apuleius.

[[File:Psyche et LAmour.jpg|thumb|upright|''Psyché et l'Amour'' (1889) by [[William-Adolphe Bouguereau|Bouguereau]]]]

In the 19th century, ''Cupid and Psyche'' was a source for "transformations", visual interludes involving ''[[tableaux vivants]]'', [[Scrim (material)|transparencies]] and [[stage machinery]] that were presented between the scenes of a [[pantomime]] but extraneous to the plot.<ref>Anita Callaway, ''Visual Ephemera: Theatrical Art in Nineteenth-Century Australia'' (University of New South Wales Press, 2000), p. 177.</ref> During the 1890s, when ''tableaux vivants'' or "living pictures" were in vogue as a part of [[vaudeville]], the 1889 ''Psyché et l'Amour'' of [[Bouguereau]] was among the artworks staged. To create these ''tableaux'', costumed performers "froze" in poses before a background copied meticulously from the original and enlarged within a giant picture frame. Nudity was feigned by flesh-colored [[bodystocking]]s that negotiated standards of realism, good taste, and morality.<ref>Charles Musser, "Comparison and Judgment across Theater, Film, and the Visual Arts during the Late Nineteenth Century," in ''Moving Pictures: American Art and Early Film, 1880-1910'' (Hudson Hills Press for Williams College Museum of Art, 2005), pp. 6–7; pp. 73–74.</ref> Claims of educational and artistic value allowed female nudes—a popular attraction—to evade censorship.<ref name="Callaway, p. 76">Callaway, ''Visual Ephemera,'' p. 76.</ref> ''Psyché et l'Amour'' was reproduced by the [[scenic painter]] Edouard von Kilanyi, who made a tour of Europe and the United States beginning in 1892,<ref>Musser, "Comparison and Judgment across Theater, Film, and the Visual Arts," p. 7.</ref> and by George Gordon in an Australian production that began its run in December 1894.<ref>Callaway, ''Visual Ephemera,'' p. 217.</ref> The illusion of flight was so difficult to sustain that this ''tableau'' was necessarily brief.<ref name="Callaway, p. 76"/> The performer billed as "The Modern Milo" during this period specialized in recreating female sculptures, a ''Psyche'' in addition to her namesake ''[[Venus de Milo]]''.<ref>Callaway, ''Visual Ephemera,'' p. 70</ref>

[[Frederick Ashton]] choreographed a [[ballet]] ''Cupid and Psyche'' with music by [[Lord Berners]] and decor by Sir Francis Rose, first performed on 27 April 1939 by the [[Sadler's Wells Ballet]] (now [[Royal Ballet]]). Frank Staff danced as Cupid, [[Julia Farron]] as Psyche, [[Michael Somes]] as Pan, and [[June Brae]] as Venus.<ref>Arnold Haskell (ed) 'Gala Performance' (Collins 1955) p213.</ref>

==== Modern adaptations ====
[[File:Cupid and Psyche (1897).webm|thumb|An American [[vaudeville]] performance from 1897 as Cupid and Psyche]]
''Cupid and Psyche'' continues to be a source of inspiration for modern playwrights and composers. Notable adaptations include:

* ''Psyche'' ([[symphonic poem]]) by [[César Franck]] (1888)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tommasini |first1=Anthony |title=CLASSICAL MUSIC; Spelling Out The Musical Tale of 'Psyche' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/05/arts/classical-music-spelling-out-the-musical-tale-of-psyche.html |work=The New York Times |date=5 October 1997 }}</ref>
* [[Till We Have Faces|''Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold'']] by C. S. Lewis <ref>{{Cite web |title=Till We Have Faces {{!}} Fantasy Novel, Mythology & Christian Allegory {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Till-We-Have-Faces |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>
* "Psyché:poème dramatique en trois actes," (play) by [[Gabriel Mourey]], Paris, Mercure de France, 1913. "Syrinx" was composed by [[Claude Debussy]] as incidental music for the play.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://go.gale.com/ps/anonymous?id=GALE%7CA265977519&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=87568667&p=AONE&sw=w |title = Debussy's Syrinx: mystery, myth, and a manuscript - Document - Gale Academic OneFile}}</ref> 
* ''Eros and Psyche'' (opera) with libretto by [[Jerzy Żuławski]], composed by [[Ludomir Różycki]] (Wroclaw, Poland, 1917) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://operajournal.blogspot.com/2018/05/rozycki-eros-and-psyche-warsaw-2017.html|title=OperaJournal: Różycki - Eros and Psyche (Warsaw, 2017)|last=Nine|first=Keris|date=2018-05-15|website=OperaJournal|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref>
*' 'Psyche: An Opera in Three Acts'' (opera) based on the novel ''Psyche'' by [[Louis Couperus]], composed by Meta Overman (1955) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/events/sydney-conservatorium-of-music-the-university-of-sydney/psyche-an-opera-in-3-acts-by-meta-overman/346868532554202/|title=Psyche - An opera in 3 acts by Meta Overman|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/news/meta-overmans-opera-psyche-revived/|title=Meta Overman's opera Psyche revived|website=Limelight|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref>
* ''[[Metamorphoses (play)|Metamorphoses]]'' (play) by [[Mary Zimmerman]], adapted from the [[Classical antiquity|classic]] [[Ovid]] poem ''[[Metamorphoses]]'', including the myth of ''Eros and Psyche'' ([[Northwestern University]], 1996; [[Circle in the Square Theatre]], Broadway, NYC 2002)
*''The Golden Ass'' (play) by [[Peter Oswald]], adapted from [[Apuleius]], commissioned for [[Shakespeare's Globe]] (London, England 2002) <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2002/jul/31/artsfeatures.features1|title=Something old, something new|author=Guardian Staff|date=2002-07-31|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-12-06|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> 
* ''Cupid and Psyche'' (musical) by with book and lyrics by Sean Hartley and music by Jihwan Kim (New York City, NY 2003)''.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/reviews/cupid-and-psyche_3922.html|title=Cupid and Psyche {{!}} TheaterMania|website=www.theatermania.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref>
* ''Cupid and Psyche'' ([[Verse drama and dramatic verse|verse drama]]) by Joseph Fisher ([[Stark Raving Theatre]], Portland, OR 2002; Staged Reading: [[Oregon Shakespeare Festival]], 2002) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.playscripts.com/play/413#productions|title=Cupid & Psyche by Joseph Fisher {{!}} Playscripts Inc.|website=www.playscripts.com|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref>
* ''Amor & Psyche'' ([[pastiche]] opera) arranged by Alan Dornak ([http://www.operaferoce.com/ Opera Feroce], part of Vertical Player Repertory, New York City, 2010)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schweitzer |first1=Vivien |title=Variety Show, With Arias Thrown In |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/26/arts/music/26opera.html |work=The New York Times |date=25 October 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.operaferoce.com/repertoire|title=Repertoire|website=Opera Feroce|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref>
* ''Cupid and Psyche: An Internet Love Story'' (play) by Maria Hernandez, Emma Rosecan and Alexis Stickovitch (YouthPLAYS, 2012) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youthplays.com/play/cupid-and-psyche-an-internet-love-story-by-maria-hernandez-emma-rosecan-alexis-stickovitch-245|title=Cupid and Psyche: An Internet Love Story by Maria Hernandez, Emma Rosecan, and Alexis Stickovitch|website=YouthPLAYS|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref>
* ''Psyche: A Modern Rock Opera'' ([[rock opera]]) by Cindy Shapiro (Greenway Court Theater, Los Angeles, CA, 2014) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://operafresh.blogspot.com/2014/09/rock-opera-offers-new-telling-of-psyche.html|title=Opera Fresh: Rock Opera Offers New Telling Of The Psyche And Eros Story|last=Fresh|first=Opera|date=2014-09-03|website=Opera Fresh|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.psycherockopera.com/|title=Psyche Rock Opera|website=psycherockopera|language=en|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref>
* ''Cupid and Psyche'' ([[Verse drama and dramatic verse|verse drama]]) by [[Emily C. A. Snyder]] ([http://www.turntoflesh.org Turn to Flesh Productions] [TTF], New York City, NY, 2014).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stagebuddy.com/theater/theater-review/review-cupid-psyche|title=Review: Cupid and Psyche|date=2014-03-06|website=StageBuddy.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref> As part of the ''[[Emily C. A. Snyder#Love and Death Trilogy|Love and Death Trilogy]]'' (Staged Reading, TTF, New York City, NY 2018) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-off-broadway/article/Turn-to-Flesh-Productions-Celebrates-Five-Years-20180918|title=Turn to Flesh Productions Celebrates Five Years|author=BWW News Desk|website=BroadwayWorld.com|language=en|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref>
* ''Amor and Psyche (In Times of Plagues)'' ([[Short film]]) by [[VestAndPage]] (2020) <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pixelsgarage.com/amor-and-psyche|title=Review: Amor and Psyche|date=2020-11-26|website=pixelsgarage.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-11-27}}</ref>
* "Amore e Psiche" (opera) by [[Fabio Mengozzi]] (2023)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ilsaxofonoitaliano.it/opere/amore-e-psiche/|title=Opere - Amore e Psiche|website=il Saxofono italiano|language=it|access-date=}}</ref>