The Learned Ladies

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Dramatists Play Service Inc, 1977 - Drama - 82 pages
THE STORY: Clitandre seeks the hand of Henriette, a match heartily approved of by her father, Chrysale. However, his wife, Philaminte, has other plans for her younger daughter--namely marriage to Trissotin, a foppish wit who panders to Philaminte's intelle
 

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Contents

Section 1
3
Section 2
5
Section 3
16
Section 4
34
Section 5
54
Section 6
67
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The Learned Ladies: Comedy in Five Acts, 1672
Molière
Snippet view - 1978
The Learned Ladies: Comedy in Five Acts, 1672
Molière
Snippet view - 1978

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440 Park Avenue 4W doubling agree ANNE FRANK Ariste ARISTE ARMANDE and BÉLISE Benvenuto Cellini bride Brother charms chimeras Chrysale's CLITANDRE Clitandre's consent dare daughter David Auburn dear delight Donald Margulies DRAMATISTS PLAY SERVICE father fear feasted and regaled feelings flexible casting fool friends girl give Greek hear heart Heaven HENRIETTE honor hopes hot a foe husband intellect ISBN Jon Robin Baitz JULIEN Kenneth Lonergan learnèd learning leave Lépine LOBBY HERO Madam marriage marry MARTINE matter mind mother never NOTARY NY Daily offend Park Avenue South passion pedant Philadelphia Inquirer PHILAMINTE philosophic poem Pointing to Trissotin pray prize Pulitzer Prize rich lodging drive SCENE 6 Chrysale scorn shame Sister sonnet soul speak speech sweet SYRINGA TREE talk taste tell There's things thought VADIUS Vaugelas verse What's wife wise woman word wretch must go young

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About the author (1977)

The French dramatist Moliere was born Jean-Baptiste Poquelin on January 15, 1622, in Paris. The son of a wealthy tapestry merchant, he had a penchant for the theater from childhood. In 1636, he was sent off to school at the Jesuit College of Claremont and in 1643, he embarked upon a 13-year career touring in provincial theater as a troupe member of Illustre Theatre, a group established by the family Bejarts. He married a daughter of the troupe, Armande Bejart, in 1662 and changed his name to Moliere. The French King Louis XIV, becoming entranced with the troupe after seeing a performance of The Would-Be Gentleman, lent his support and charged Moliere with the production of comedy ballets in which he often used real-life human qualities as backdrops rather than settings from church or state. Soon, Moliere secured a position at the Palais-Royal and committed himself to the comic theater as a dramatist, actor, producer, and director. Moliere is considered to be one of the preeminent French dramatists and writers of comedies; his work continues to delight audiences today. With L'Ecole des Femmes (The School for Wives) Moliere broke with the farce tradition, and the play, about the role played by women in society and their preparation for it, is regarded by many as the first great seriocomic work of French literature. In Tartuffe (1664), Moliere invented one of his famous comic types, that of a religious hypocrite, a character so realistic that the king forbade public performance of the play for five years. Moliere gave psychological depth to his characters, engaging them in facial antics and slapstick comedy, but with an underlying pathos. Jean Baptiste Moliere died in 1673.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Learned Ladies
AuthorMolière
Translated byRichard Wilbur
PublisherDramatists Play Service Inc, 1977
ISBN082220648X, 9780822206484
Length82 pages
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