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Two timeless comedies by one of France's greatest playwrights appear here: Tartuffe, a 1664 verse comedy concerning a scoundrel who impersonates a holy man, and the 1670 prose farce The Bourgeois Gentleman, a lampoon of Parisian society with a central character who attempts to adopt the superficial characteristics of the nobility. Original French texts with excellent English interpretations on facing pages. Introduction. Footnotes.
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Tartuffe (Paperback)
Jean-Baptiste Moliere; Translated by Christopher Hampton
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R421
Discovery Miles 4 210
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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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.
Drama Classics: The World's Great Plays at a Great Little Price
Moliere's most-admired comedy of manners, about a man whose
quickness to criticise the flaws in others, and in himself, leads
him into deep trouble. Alceste, the 'misanthrope', hates all
mankind, and despairs of its hypocrisy and falseness. He believes
that the world could be perfected if people were more honest with
each other. But when his honesty starts to make him enemies, and
the target of malicious gossips, it is his world and his life which
suffer. The Misanthrope, or the Cantankerous Lover (Le Misanthrope
ou l'Atrabilaire amoureux) was first performed in 1666 at the
Theatre du Palais-Royal, Paris. This English version, in the Nick
Hern Books Drama Classics series, is translated and introduced by
Stephen Mulrine.
Prudence Steiner's lively prose translations remain close to the
original French, giving us the speech of the characters in a
slightly compressed and formalized language that echoes the effect
created by Moliere's verse. Roger Herzel's thoughtful Introduction
discusses Moliere's life; Tartuffe , The Misanthrope , and the
comic tradition; and the setting, casting, and style of the plays.
A reworking of Moliere's comic play. Alceste abhors hypocrisy and
the well-rehearsed, sycophantic pleasantries of the chattering
classes. He tells the truth, even it hurts. Alceste is in love with
Jennifer (Celimene), but thinks she's in love with a theatre critic
who thinks he can write plays.
Drama Classics: The World's Great Plays at a Great Little Price
Moliere's classic farce, Le Malade Imaginaire, in a fresh and
performable translation. The 'imaginary invalid' Argan is so
obsessed with his health that he fails to notice what is happening
around him in his own family. His scheming wife and loving daughter
are finally revealed to him in their true light by Argan's brother,
who poses as a quack doctor and suggests he feigns death to test
their loyalty. This English version of Moliere's The Hypochondriac,
in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series, is translated and
introduced by Martin Sorrell.
Ms. Thomas' previous and similar rollicking version of Moliere's
Les Femmes Savantes delighted audiences off-Broadway in 1991, in a
production starring Jean Stapleton as Philamente, a blossoming
literary lady on the verge of coming into her own. It was
re-imagined in 1993 at ACT in San Francisco, with many productions
throughout the country since then. During the Salon movement of the
17th century, women, thirsty for knowledge and freedom, began to
read, discuss and absorb all the learni
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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Tartuffe (Jeffries) (Paperback)
Jean Baptiste Poquelin Moliere; Adapted by Charles Jeffries, Luis Munoz
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R62
Discovery Miles 620
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Adapted from Moliere by Charles Jeffries and Luis Mu oz
Comedy
Characters: 8 male, 7 female
So virtuous is Tartuffe that every form of pleasure is an
abomination to him. Orgon, a rich merchant, is completely duped by
the ruse and watches approvingly as the cunning Tartuffe "reforms"
his whole family. So besotted is the merchant that he even plans to
give Tartuffe his fortune, his house, and finally his daughter!
Orgon's wife finally exposes Tartuffe for the rogue he is -- and
her husband for being a gullible fool. By the time Orgon sees the
light, only the courts can insure justice. This clever adaptation
of the Moliere classic calls for an energetic ensemble. Moliere's
greatest work is expertly adapted for one-act competition by the
authors of The Beggar's Opera, The Merry Wives of Winsor,
Valpone
Comedy / 6m, 5f / Int. This modern adaptation casts Tartuffe as a
deposed televangelist who rooks Orgon and his family of their money
and property and nearly compromises Orgon's wife. The action takes
place in a religious television studio in Baton Rouge where the
characters cavort to either prevent or aid Tartuffe in his
machinations. Written in modern verse, Tartuffe: Born Again adheres
closely to the structure and form of the original. Moliere's
legendary comedic characters are delightfully at home in this
modern day version that played at New York's Circle in the Square.
Moliere's beloved comedy features a rising member of the middle
class who lusts for social status and higher learning. The strength
of the play lies in its rich comic invention and its sure
delineation of character. Underlying themes are: social striving,
financial greed, and love's ingenuity.
Trece anos despues de Las preciosas ridiculas Moliere vuelve con
Las mujeres sabias al mundo de pedantes mujeres a las que embauca
el primer charlatan recien llegado, utilizando en ambas el mismo
tono comico y farsesco. Las preciosas ridiculas sera la pieza
inaugural de la etapa donde presenta en el marco social del
espectador tipos humanos reconocibles, que cargaran sobre si el
estigma de un defecto. En Las mujeres sabias ahonda caracteres y
situaciones con mayor profundidad.
Dominado por la pasion del teafro, Moliere (1622-1673) fue actor,
empresario y autor. En doce anos de compania itinerante, Moliere
aprende su oficio. El contacto directo con el publico le ensena sus
gustos; agradarle es su regla de oro. Sus obras se representan
ininterrumpidamente desde entonces. Tartufo es quiza su obra mas
popular. La figura del hipocrita esta delineada con tal perfeccion
que se ha convertido en un arquetipo literario, que despierta
frecuentes resquemores entre quienes, en distintas epocas y
lugares, se han dado por aludidos.
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