Amphitryon 5The Blunderer 47The Bores 107The Countess of Escarbagnas 140Don Garcia of Navarre 158The Flying Doctor 195The Imaginary Invalid 206The Impostures of Scapin 269The Jealousy of le Barbouill 317The Learned Women 329The Love-Tiff 380The Magnificent Lovers 433The Middle Class Gentleman 462The Miser 526The Pretentious Young Ladies 634Psyche 665The School for Husbands 700Sganarelle 737
A hypochondriac, victimized by pompous physicians, tests the loyalty of a loving daughter and discovers the contempt of his scheming and greedy second wife. This classic comedy reveals the universal frailties of humanity.
Moliere was a prominent French playwright who is widely considered to be one of the greatest comedians in all of literature. Moliere's impact was so great that many phrases from his plays are still used often in the French language today. Moliere's best known plays include Tartuffe, The Miser, The Misanthrope, The Imaginary Invalid, and The School for Wives. The Impostures of Scapin is a play that centers around Octave, a man who has secretly married Hyacinthe without his father's knowledge. When his father tries to get him to marry someone else he calls upon a talkative valet to help him out.
Moliere was a prominent French playwright who is widely considered to be one of the greatest comedians in all of literature. Moliere's impact was so great that many phrases from his plays are still used often in the French language today. Moliere's best known plays include Tartuffe, The Miser, The Misanthrope, The Imaginary Invalid, and The School for Wives. The Countess of Escarbagnas is a play that centers around a beautiful and spoiled Countess and the suitors that fail to impress her.
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THE STORY: Gorgibus wants his daughter, Celie, to marry a rich man, Valere, instead of Lelie, whom she loves. Celie, lamenting this turn of events while her beloved is away, faints. Her maid catches her and calls out for help. Sganarelle, who happe
The play begins with a prologue and an alternative prologue. The first prologue is titled ''Eclogue, '' which refers to a short poem that is usually ''pastoral, '' or reflecting idyllic, rural shepherd life. This eclogue involves a number of gods from classical mythology, including Flora, the Roman goddess of flowers, and Pan, the Greek god of shepherds and fertility. After an introduction praising Louis XIV and stating that the comedy-ballet was ''devised for his relaxation, '' the prologue praises the king's war efforts with a rustic song and dance, until Pan enters and says that the best way to serve Louis is to entertain and charm him. The much shorter alternative prologue is a monologue, or speech by a single character, in which a shepherdess laments that foolish doctors cannot heal the sorrows of her hea