The Widow a la Mode and Other Plays (Paperback)

Four French comedies on marriage, love, and manners. In THE WIDOW A LA MODE, by Jean Donneau de Vise, the death of an aged husband forces his young widow and other members of his family to scramble quickly to save their fortunes while pretending to be overcome with grief. WAYWARD WENCHES, by Jean-Francois Regnard, is a collection of skits about bad girls who've gone wrong. Michel Baron's THE ABDUCTIONS is a one-act farce about the vagaries of love in a country setting, including cross-dressing and knock-about slapstick shenanigans. Alain-Rene Lesage's THE SCHOOL FOR LOVERS is a comic fantasy opera about what makes romance last--and what kills it. A magician whisks young men and women to an enchanted isle--where they become bored to death with love The characters in these plays are still recognizable, even in modern settings; and this quartet of comedies still makes us laugh. Great entertainment

General

Imprint:	Borgo Press,The
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2013
First published:	July 2013
Authors:	Jean Francois Regnard • Alain-Rene Le Sage
Editors:	Frank J. Morlock
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	236
ISBN-13:	978-1-4794-0134-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Collections & anthologies of various literary forms Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Drama texts, plays > General
LSN:	1-4794-0134-X
Barcode:	9781479401345

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