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Description
This volume brings together five of Moliere's finest and best-known plays. The three verse plays, The Misanthrope, Tartuffe and The School for Wives, have been skilfully turned into sparkling English couplets by Richard Wilbur's 'brilliant rhymed translation' Sunday Telegraph; while the playwright Alan Drury has translated the two prose comedies, The Miser and The Hypochondriac ('a cherubically funny translation' Independent).
This work brings together five of Moliere's finest and best known play Works such as "The Misanthrope" and "Tartuffe" have been skilfully translated into English rhyming couplet
About the Author
Moliere (born Jean-Baptiste Poquelin in 1622) was a French playwright and actor-manager. Moliere's main achievement was in raising the standard of French comedy to a level commensurate with French tragedy. In doing so he created a body of work that would continue to be performed for the next three centuries, providing generation after generation of performers with some of their finest roles.
Book Information
ISBN 9780413497604
Author Moliere
Format Paperback
Page Count 432
Imprint Methuen Drama
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 466g
This work brings together five of Moliere's finest and best known play Works such as "The Misanthrope" and "Tartuffe" have been skilfully translated into English rhyming couplet
About the Author
Moliere (born Jean-Baptiste Poquelin in 1622) was a French playwright and actor-manager. Moliere's main achievement was in raising the standard of French comedy to a level commensurate with French tragedy. In doing so he created a body of work that would continue to be performed for the next three centuries, providing generation after generation of performers with some of their finest roles.
Book Information
ISBN 9780413497604
Author Moliere
Format Paperback
Page Count 432
Imprint Methuen Drama
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 466g
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