The Learned Women

Molière, translated in verse by Mark Haywood

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Not yet published.

Description

Henriette and Clitandre are in love and want to get married. But Henriette’s mother, aunt, and sister have other ideas — they are pseudo-intellectual snobs who think that Henriette should follow their example by rejecting earthly pleasures and devoting her life to highbrow pursuits like philosophy and learning. Not to worry — Henriette’s father will stick up for the amorous couple. Well, he would, if he weren’t so dominated by his wife. Enter Trissotin, a self-acclaimed poet and wit who is actually neither, but who has managed to convince the “learned women” that he is a genius. What’s he up to? And will Henriette and Clitandre ever manage to find happiness together?

Production Info

Cast: 13 total (5 female, 8 male)
Full Length Comedy (about 110 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
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About the Author

Author

  • 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.

  • Mark Haywood

    Mark Haywood is a British poet and composer. He enjoys working with the challenges of formal poetry, particularly the sonnet and the limerick, and has had several sonnets and sonnet sequences published in the UK, Canada and the USA. Some of his sequences have dealt with topics that are uncommon in the sonnet form, for example art criticism and jazz theory. Mark is currently working on translating some of Molière’s classic comedies into rhyming verse. Some of this work has been shortlisted and longlisted in the John Dryden Translation Competition. In addition to writing poetry, Mark enjoys composing and has had two collections of piano music published, one of which is a book of ragtime. He has also had some articles on jazz published.

About the Book

Book Information

Publisher BPPI
Publication Date
Pages
ISBN 9798888560754

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