Included in this omnibus edition are seventeen of Voltaire's most important plays including Brutus Socrates Alzire Orestes Catiline Sémiramis Pandora The Scotch Woman Nanine The Prude Mérope Olympia The Orphan of China Mahomet Amelia R_x0001_dipus and Mariamne. During his life time Voltaire was far and away the most successful French playwright these are the plays that cemented his popularity and made him a household name during his own lifetime.