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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.
Fontispiece depicting Act V, scene 5, published in Amsterdam in 1671. Tite et Bérénice is a heroic comedy by the 17th-century French playwright Pierre Corneille.. It was premiered on 28 November 1670 by the troupe of Molière at the Palais Royal Theater in Paris, [1] in the same month as the more famous tragedy on the same theme written by Corneille's rival Jean Racine, Bérénice, which was ...
The Misanthrope, or the Cantankerous Lover (French: Le Misanthrope ou l'Atrabilaire amoureux; French pronunciation: [lə mizɑ̃tʁɔp u latʁabilɛːʁ amuʁø]) is a 17th-century comedy of manners in verse written by Molière. It was first performed on 4 June 1666 at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Paris by the King's Players. [1]
The Plain Dealer is a Restoration comedy by William Wycherley, first performed on 11 December 1676.The play is based on Molière's Le Misanthrope, and is generally considered Wycherley's finest work along with The Country Wife.
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist pɔklɛ̃]; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (UK: / ˈ m ɒ l i ɛər, ˈ m oʊ l-/, US: / m oʊ l ˈ j ɛər, ˌ m oʊ l i ˈ ɛər /, [1] [2] [3] French:), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the great writers in the French language and world literature.
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.
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.
Dom Juan ou le Festin de Pierre ("Don Juan or The Feast of Stone") is a five-act 1665 comedy by Molière based upon the Spanish legend of Don Juan Tenorio. [1] The aristocrat Dom Juan is a rake who seduces, marries, and abandons Elvira, discarded as just another romantic conquest. Later, he invites to dinner the statue of a man whom he recently ...