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Tartuffe (Paperback)
Jean-Baptiste Moliere; Translated by Christopher Hampton
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Characters: 9 male, 4 female
Scenery: Interior
This translation of Moliere's classic depiction of hypocrisy in
action was done for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
"The assumption behind this ferociously brilliant production is
that Tartuffe is much too serious and alarming a work to be
insulated behind any English equivalent of French classical style.
The greatest compliment I can bestow on Hampton's translation is
that...you hardly notice it. Plain, perfectly phrased blank verse
does the job."-London Times
Farce / Characters: 8 males, 4 females
Scenery: Interior
The famous hypochondriac in this classic farce not only
complains of a million imaginary ills, but also of his astronomical
medical bills. If he marries his daughter to a doctor, he reasons,
he will have free medical care. He chooses a double-Latin talking
numbskull without consulting the daughter who is already smitten by
another. The inventive maid exposes the doctyor and his father as
charlatans and demonstrates to the master that his second wife
loves his money, not him. Thus are truth and love triumphant and
all troubles, real and imaginary, relieved by laughter.
Such Foolish Affected Ladies/ Tartuffe/ The Misanthrope/ The Doctor Despite Himself/The Would-be Gentleman/ Those Learned Ladies ‘Let’s not worry about the manners of the age and make more allowance for human nature. Let’s judge it less severely and look more kindly on its faults’ The six plays collected in this volume illustrate Moliere’s broad range of comic devices, from satire and farce to slapstick and sophisticated wit and wordplay. In Tartuffe and The Doctor Despite Himself, Moliere shows us the foolishness of those taken in by a religious hypocrite and a bogus physician, while Such Foolish Affected Ladies and Those Learned Ladies are a humorous attack on the excessive refinement and pedantry of the Parisian smart set. And in The Misanthrope and The Would-Be Gentleman Moliere warn us of the dangers of obsession and intolerance. Exposing duplicity, mocking snobbery and revealing the horrors of hypocrisy, Moliere’s plays are masterly studies in the absurdities of human nature. All of the humour and panache of the original French has been preserved in John Wood’s translation. In his introduction, David Coward discusses the reception each play received when it was first performed and how this has changed over the centuries. This edition also includes a chronology, bibliography and notes.
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The Miser and Other Plays (Paperback, Revised)
Jean-Baptiste Moliere; Introduction by David Coward; Notes by David Coward; Translated by David Coward, John Wood
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Molière (1622-73) combined all the traditional elements of comedy – wit, slapstick, spectacle and satire – with a deep understanding of character to create richly sophisticated dramas which have always delighted audiences. Most are built around dangerously deluded and obsessive heroes such as The Miser who threaten to blight the lives of those around them. In his first great triumph, The School for Wives (newly translated for this edition), an ageing domestic tyrant is foiled in his plans to wed his young ward. Although this was fiercely criticized for mocking the ‘sacred’ institution of marriage – to which Molière hit back with a play defending his aims and techniques, The School for Wives Criticized – it was the alleged atheism of his dark, subversive version of Don Juan which struck the blackest note. Finally, in The Hypochondriac, the terminally ill author produced a hilarious exposé of the ways doctors use medical mumbo-jumbo to fleece their patients. Like Shakespeare, Molière was a true man of the theatre whose comedies blend sharp insight into human nature with an unerring sense of what would work on stage and make people laugh. All his greatest achievements are included here and in the accompanying Penguin Classics volume, The Misanthrope and Other Plays.
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Comedies (Paperback)
Jean-Baptiste Moliere
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The Misanthrope (Paperback)
Jean-Baptiste Moliere; Adapted by Constance Congdon
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R431
Discovery Miles 4 310
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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1910 Edition.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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++++ Oeuvres, Volume 6; Oeuvres; Moli�re Moli�re
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may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
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++++ Charakter-kom�dien Moli�re
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poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
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++++ Le Tartuffe Ou L'imposteur: Comedie En Cinq Actes Et En Vers
Moliere chez la veuve Duchesne, 1785
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