The Cambridge Companion to Moliere

A detailed introduction to Moli re and his plays, this Companion evokes his own theatrical career, his theatres, patrons, the performers and theatre staff with whom he worked, and the various publics he and his troupes entertained with such success. It looks at his particular brands of comedy and satire. L' cole des femmes, Le Tartuffe, Dom Juan, Le Misanthrope, L'Avare and Les Femmes savantes are examined from a variety of different viewpoints, and through the eyes of different ages and cultures. The comedies-ballets, a genre invented by Moli re and his collaborators, are re-instated to the central position which they held in his oeuvre in Moli re's own lifetime; his two masterpieces in this genre, Le Bourgeois gentilhomme and Le Malade imaginaire, have chapters to themselves. Finally, the Companion looks at modern directors' theatre, exploring the central role played by productions of his work in successive 'revolutions' in the dramatic arts in France.

Author: David Bradby
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 10/01/2006
Pages: 268
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.10w x 0.62d
ISBN: 9780521546652

About the Author
Bradby, David: - David Bradby is Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London.Calder, Andrew: - Andrew Calder has recently retired from a Readership in the French Department at University College London.