L’Île des esclaves (English: Slave Island) is a one-act comedy by Pierre de Marivaux; it was the first of three plays in the series.

[2] The play is characterized by a mixing of genres: Greek characters, a shipwreck leaning towards tragedy, and social commentary.

However, the play is essentially a comedy with its confusion of sentiments, exchange of power between masters and valets, and finally the appearance of Arlequin.

Trivelin, the governor of the island, makes Arlequin and Iphicrate, as well as Euphrosine and her slave Cléanthis, change roles, clothes, and names.

However, Arlequin is ultimately touched by the tears of Euphrosine, who is suffering from humiliation at the hands of Cléanthis.