The Misanthrope and Other Plays: A New Selection (Penguin Classics)

by David Coward (Editor), David Coward (Introduction), David Coward (Translator), David Coward (Introduction), David Coward (Translator), David Coward (Editor), John Wood (Translator), Jean-Baptiste Moliere (Author)

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  Paperback
  2000

  $4.21

  In the seventeenth century, Moliere raised comedy to the pitch of great art and, three centuries later, his plays are still a source of delight. He created a new synthesis from the major comic traditions at his disposal. This collection demonstrates the range of Moliere's comic vision, his ability to move between the broad and basic ploys of farce to the more subtle and sophisticated level of high comedy. The Misanthrope appears along with Such Preposterously Precious Ladies , Tartuffe , A Doctor Despite Himself , The Would-Be Gentleman , and Those Learned Ladies .

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  1996

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  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.

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  Paperback
  2000

  $14.86

  In the seventeenth century, Moliere raised comedy to the pitch of great art and, three centuries later, his plays are still a source of delight. He created a new synthesis from the major comic traditions at his disposal. This collection demonstrates the range of Moliere's comic vision, his ability to move between the broad and basic ploys of farce to the more subtle and sophisticated level of high comedy. The Misanthrope appears along with Such Preposterously Precious Ladies , Tartuffe , A Doctor Despite Himself , The Would-Be Gentleman , and Those Learned Ladies .