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The Miser (French: L'Avare; pronounced; also known by the longer name L'Avare ou L'École du Mensonge, meaning The Miser, or the School for Lies) [1] [2] is a five-act comedy in prose by the French playwright Molière.
L'Avare is a 1980 French comedy film written and directed by Louis de Funès and Jean Girault, and starring de Funès. The English title of the film is The Miser. It is an adaptation of Molière's famous comedy L'Avare (The Miser). De Funès tried to draw out the unhappy side of the character.
L’Étourdi ou les Contretemps (The Blunderer, or the Counterplots), also known in English as The Bungler, [b] is a five-act theatrical comedy by the French playwright Molière. After premiering in Lyon in 1655, [ 2 ] [ a ] it appeared at the Théâtre du Petit-Bourbon in Paris in November 1658. [ 3 ]
Tartuffe, or The Impostor, or The Hypocrite (/ t ɑːr ˈ t ʊ f,-ˈ t uː f /; [1] French: Tartuffe, ou l'Imposteur, pronounced [taʁtyf u lɛ̃pɔstœʁ]), first performed in 1664, is a theatrical comedy by Molière. The characters of Tartuffe, Elmire, and Orgon are considered among the greatest classical theatre roles.
Les Précieuses ridicules (French pronunciation: [le pʁesjøz ʁidikyl], The Absurd Précieuses or The Affected Ladies) is a one-act satire by Molière in prose.It takes aim at the précieuses, the ultra-witty ladies who indulged in lively conversations, word games and, in a word, préciosité (preciousness).
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L'Amour médecin (Dr. Cupid) is a French comedy written by Molière.It was presented for the first time by order of King Louis XIV at Versailles on September 22, 1665. . Molière's foreword to the text states that the play is only a sketch, a mere impromptu commissioned for one of the Royal Enterta
Front page of L'École des femmes —engraving from the 1719 edition. The School for Wives (French: L'école des femmes; pronounced [lekɔl de fam]) is a theatrical comedy written by the seventeenth century French playwright Molière and considered by some critics to be one of his finest achievements.