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  • Scapino the Trickster
    Cover art by Johann Stegmeir

    Scapino the Trickster

    Molière, translated and adapted by Matt DiCintio
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    This title may also be purchased in the following bundle at 20% off the regular price: MOLIÈRE MASTER CLASS

    Play Description

    When two misers return from abroad, their sons find their romances with two mysterious women in peril. They enlist the services of a wily servant to swindle, hoodwink, and bamboozle their way to a happy ending. Molière’s most famous farce marries his signature wit and verve with the traditions of commedia dell’arte.

    Production Info

    Cast: 9 total (3 female, 6 male)
    Full Length Comedy (about 90 minutes)
    Single Set
    Period Costumes
    Categories: The Plays, Newly Published, Classics Tags: French, 17th Century
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    “Molière’s genius for rhythm, laughs, and fast action are the stuff of pure theatre.” —Georges Mongrédien, in his introduction to LES FOURBERIES DE SCAPIN in the definitive Collected Works of Molière

    Author(s)

    • Molière

      Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (1622 – 1673), known as Molière, was a French dramatist, director, and actor, and one of the world's greatest masters of comic satire. Of his nearly 40 plays, his most famous are TARTUFFE, THE MISER, THE LEARNED LADIES, THE MISANTHROPE, and THE IMAGINARY INVALID.

    • Matt DiCintio

      Matt DiCintio's works include adaptations of MOBY-DICK, A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES, and Oscar Wilde's SALOME (PlayMakers Repertory Company), and his original plays have been seen Off-Off Broadway and around the country. He has served as dramaturg at The Guthrie Theater, The Playwright's Center, PlayMakers Repertory, Virginia Repertory, among many other companies and universities. He received his PhD in Drama from Tufts University. Matt is a member of The Dramatists Guild of America.

    Book Information

    Publisher BPPI
    Publication Date 10/7/2022
    Pages 46
    ISBN 9780881459326

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    Scapino the Trickster is produced
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