Moliere Comedies News

 
Bard SummerScape 2012 to Feature Peter Dinklage in THE IMAGIINARY INVALID and More
Broadway World
The ninth annual Bard SummerScape presents The Imaginary Invalid (“Le malade imaginaire,” 1673), a classic comedy of manners by Molière, France's undisputed master of the genre. Blending satire with farce in an indictment of the medical profession, ...

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Gulf Times
Major French stage show set for Doha
Gulf Times
This year, the choice was to reach a large audience, with Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, a comedy by Moliere. French ambassador Jean-Christophe Peaucelle said that Qatar had around 3500 French nationals and at least 100000 French speaking people.


 
Moliere's 'The Bungler' charms from beginning to end
Pasadena Star-News
He made social comedy into an art form, managing to touch on class issues of his own day while creating characters whose foibles prove so human they are still very accessible today. Still, some of Moliere's comedies are produced more often than others.


 
New York Classical Theatre Presents Roving TWELFTH NIGHT, 5/31-7/22
Broadway World
... praise for its roving productions of classical plays in Central Park, Battery Park, and the World Financial Center, where standing-room-only audiences were recently treated to a trio of short comedies by the iconic French playwright Molière.


 
Meet 'The Miser'
Seacoastonline.com
"The Miser," a comedy of manners, is one of the most famous and widely performed plays from the masterful French playwright Moliere. Set in the opulent era of Louis XIV, the play takes aim at greed and through high comedy and witty wisdom, ...


 
Civic Theatre will be performing Moliere's 'Tartuffe' today through Sunday ...
Journal and Courier
Moliere is still modern, at least according to Civic Theatre's opening performance of the 17th-century French playwright's comedy “Tartuffe or The Imposter.” The show balanced satire, irony and nudity well with each comedic convention vying for its ...

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Preview calendar: Theater and auditions for May 24-30
North County Times
"The Addams Family, a New Musical Comedy" ---- Broadway/San Diego presents the national touring production of this new musical inspired by the popular 1970s television show about a family of suburban monsters; 7 pm May 29 and 30; 7:30 pm May 31; ...

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