Moliere's The School for Wives, A New Version in English - Softcover

Duncombe, Charles; Michel, Frederique

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1466266910 ISBN 13: 9781466266919

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2011

Synopsis

In this new translation of Moliere's comic masterpiece, Arnolphe, a rich merchant, is under the delusion that he can create a perfect marriage by creating the perfect wife. He raises a young orphan, Agnes, in a convent, determined to keep her ignorant of everything except what he intends to teach her himself. His plans, however, are quickly undone by the handsome young Horace who, despite everything Arnolphe tries, takes the education of Agnes into his own hands - particularly in the art of love. "This new translation-adaptation of Moliere by director Frederique Michel and Charles A. Duncombe is clever, colloquial, and far more actable than most recent versions." - Backstage "The central character in Moliere's comedy, newly translated by Frederique Michel and Charles Duncombe, could be and often is a punching bag. But not here... The play emerges less as a clown show, and more as a wistful, almost elegiac rumination on aging and folly." - "Go" LA Weekly

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1466266910
• ISBN 13: 9781466266919
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 154