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The Misanthrope
Author(s): Molière & Roger McGough (Author)
- Publisher: Methuen Drama
- Publication Date: 15 Feb. 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 96 pages
- ISBN-10: 1472510712
- ISBN-13: 9781472510716
Book Description
Disgusted with French society where powdered fops gossip in code and bejewelled coquettes whisper behind fans, poet Alceste embarks on a one-man crusade against fakery, frippery and forked tongues. But could the woman he adores be the worst culprit of them all? And in this rarefied world will his revolution prove merely revolting?
Considered by many to be Molière’s best work,
The Misanthrope was first performed in 1666 in Paris by the King’s Players. Following the huge successes of Tartuffe and The Hypochondriac master wordsmith Roger McGough once again dips his quill into a Molière classic in this mockery of manners and morals set amid seventeenth-century French aristocracy and written in verse.Editorial Reviews
Review
The wit of McGough’s text trembles on the verge of knockabout, which works admirably when the comedy is kept taut … infused with real emotion … [a] sparkling tragicomedy — Jane Shilling ―
Telegraph Published On: 2013-02-20Witty, insightful … McGough’s sparky account, set firmly in a period of aristocratic frippery, is chock-full of down-to-earth contemporary lingo with dialogue spoken almost entirely in rhyming couplets … McGough’s cheeky poetic license … undoubtedly has audience appeal — Roger Foss ―
Stage Published On: 2013-02-20Stuffed with jaunty couplets and cheeky rhymes… darkly delicious ―
The TimesAbout the Author
Molière (1622-1673) was a French playwright and actor-manager who raised the standard of French comedy to a level commensurate with French tragedy.
