Moliere
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Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known popularly by his stage name Molière, is regarded as one of the masters of French comedic drama. When Molière began acting in Paris there were two well-established theatrical companies, those of the Hôtel de Bourgogne and the Marais. Joining these theatrical companies would have been impossible for a new member of the acting profession like Molière and thus he performed with traveling troupes of actors in the French...
2) Tartuffe
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Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known popularly by his stage name Molière, is regarded as one of the masters of French comedic drama. When Molière began acting in Paris, there were two well-established theatrical companies, those of the Htel de Bourgogne and the Marais. Joining these theatrical companies would have been impossible for a new member of the acting profession like Molière and thus he performed with traveling troupes of actors in the French...
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An older man tries to turn a young girl into the perfect wife by sending her to a convent until she is seventeen years old. To his frustration, the girl falls in love with another man after she returns. From the French master of comedy, The School for Wives is considered Moliere's masterpiece
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Molière wrote some of the most durable and penetrating comedies of all time. The Imaginary Cuckold and The School for Husbands are two of his grand farces of marriage and misunderstanding, one set in Paris and the other in the provinces. In The School for Husbands, a tyrannical husband-to-be seeks to isolate his ward, while unwittingly carrying her messages of devotion to her lover. In The Imaginary Cuckold an enraged husband imagines his wife is...
6) The Bungler
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In 17th Century Sicily, a clever valet named Mascarille tries to help his boss Lélie win the girl of his dreams -- only to find that Lélie is a monumental dunce who ruins every one of his intricate schemes. Undaunted, Mascarille invents progressively wilder plots, only to see his best-laid plans go very awry in Molière's The Bungler. Translated by Richard Wilbur. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Richard Easton as Mascarille;...
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Tartuffe is one of Molière's most significant successes (1622-1673). Moliere is one of France's most popular playwrights. In this adaptation, David Serero brings the play to its essence for a perfect one-act performance (1 hour 20 minutes) with his Cast.
The Plot: Tartuffe, a sanctimonious scoundrel who professes extreme piety, is taken into the household of Orgon, a wealthy man. Under the guise of ministering to the family's spiritual and moral...
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Extrait : "TARTUFFE : Ah! pour être dévot, je n'en suis pas moins homme ; Et lorsqu'on vient à voir vos célestes appas, Un cœur se laisse prendre, et ne raisonne pas. Je sais qu'un tel discours de moi paraît étrange ; Mais, Madame, après tout, je ne suis pas un ange ;"
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Jean-Baptiste Poquelin dit Molière es un actor y dramaturgo francés. La obra de Molière, una treintena de comedias en verso o en prosa, acompañadas o no de ballet y de música, es uno de los pilares de la educación literaria en Francia y sigue gozando de un gran éxito en el teatro, no sólo en Francia y sobre todo en la Comédie-Française, apodada "la Maison de Molière", sino también en el extranjero. Su vida llena de acontecimientos y su...