Two plays from Moliere, by 'Scotland's greatest living dramatist'
(Scotland on Sunday). Miseryguts is a Scots version of Moliere's Le
Misanthrope, a bitter comedy about a worldly sophisticate who
cannot help telling uncomfortable truths about his fellow men - and
women, with one of whom, despite himself, he is deeply and
painfully in love. In this Scots version of Moliere's play, Liz
Lochhead transposes the action of the play into the world of media
and politics in 21st-century, devolved Scotland, allowing for a
rich seam of contemporary satire. Miseryguts was first performed in
March 2002 at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh. Tartuffe is a
rollicking Scots version of Moliere's comic masterpiece. Lochhead
brings out Moliere's mix of political satire and black comedy as
the religious hypocrite, Tartuffe, worms his way into Orgon's
household. Liz Lochhead's version is written in a robust Scots
dialect, while retaining the rhyming couplet form of the French
original. It was first performed in January 1986 at the Royal
Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh.
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