The Misanthrope and Other Plays
This unique volume brings together four of Moli�re's greatest verse comedies covering the best years of his prolific writing career. Actor, director, and playwright, Moli�re (1622-73) was one of the finest and most influential French dramatists, adept at portraying human foibles and puncturing pomposity. The School for Wives was his first great success; Tartuffe, condemned and banned for five years, his most controversial play. The Misanthrope is his acknowledged masterpiece, and The...
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This unique volume brings together four of Molière's greatest verse comedies covering the best years of his prolific writing career. Actor, director, and playwright, Molière (1622-73) was one of the finest and most influential French dramatists, adept at portraying human foibles and puncturing pomposity. The School for Wives was his first great success; Tartuffe, condemned and banned for five years, his most controversial play. The Misanthrope is his acknowledged masterpiece, and The Clever Women his last, and perhaps best-constructed, verse piece. In addition this collection includes a spirited attack on his enemies and a defense of his theater, in the form of two sparkling short plays, The School for Wives Criticized and The Impromptu at Versailles.
\ \ \ Acknowledgements\ \ \ \ \ Introduction\ \ \ \ \ Translator's Note\ \ \ \ \ Select Bibliography\ \ \ \ \ A Chronology of Moliere\ \ \ \ \ The School for Wives\ 1\ \ \ \ The School for Wives Criticized\ 73\ \ \ \ The Impromptu at Versailles\ 103\ \ \ \ Tartuffe\ 131\ \ \ \ The Misanthrope\ 207\ \ \ \ The Clever Women\ 275\ \ \ \ Explanatory Notes\ 347\ \
