Book Description
Four of the most representative French plays from the classic era, two tragedies and two comedies, in translations by distinguished authors.
Author : Eric Bentley
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 46,86 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780936839196
Four of the most representative French plays from the classic era, two tragedies and two comedies, in translations by distinguished authors.
Author : Eric Bentley
Publisher :
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 11,83 MB
Release : 1989
Category : French drama
ISBN :
Author : Molière,
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 23,49 MB
Release : 2008-05-08
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0199540187
First published as an Oxford World's Classics paperback, 2001.
Author : Jean-Baptiste Moliere
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 31,44 MB
Release : 2015-07-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0698192028
The Misanthrope * The Doctor in Spite of Himself * The Miser * The Would-Be Gentleman * The Mischievous Machinations of Scapin * The Learned Women * The Imaginary Invalid “The comedy,” Molière once quipped, “is excellent, and they who deride it deserve to be derided.” Written during the triumphant final years of Molière’s career, these seven works represent the mature flowering of his artistry and the most profound development of his vision of humanity. They are essential to appreciating the full genius of this greatest and best-loved French comic author. With an Introduction by Donald M. Frame and an Afterword by Lewis C. Seifert
Author : Jean Racine
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 36,46 MB
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0141392096
The 'greatest hits' of French classical theatre, in vivid and acclaimed new Penguin translations by John Edmunds and with editorial apparatus by Joseph Harris. The plays in this volume - Cinna, The Misanthrope, Andromache and Phaedra - span only thirty-seven years, but make up the defining period of French theatre. In Corneille's Cinna (1640), absolute power is explored in ancient Rome, while Molière's The Misanthrope (1666), the only comedy in this collection, sees its anti-hero outcast for his refusal to conform to social conventions. Here also are two key plays by Racine: Andromache (1667), recounting the tragedy of Hector's widow after the Trojan War, and Phaedre (1677), showing a mother crossing the bounds of love with her son. This translation of Phaedra was originally broadcast on Radio Three with a cast including Prunella Scales and Timothy West, and was praised by playwright Harold Pinter. This is the first time it has been published. The edition also includes an introduction by Joseph Harris, genealogical tables, pronunciation guides, critiques and prefaces, as well as a chronology and suggested further reading. After a varied career as an actor, teacher, and BBC TV national newsreader, John Edmunds became the founder-director of Aberystwyth University's department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies. Joseph Harris is Senior Lecturer at Royal Holloway, University of London and author of Hidden Agendas: Cross-Dressing in Seventeenth-Century France (2005).
Author : Molière
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 40,78 MB
Release : 2005
Category : French drama
ISBN : 0451529871
Translates seven plays of Molière and comments upon the background of each dramatization.
Author : Molière
Publisher :
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 23,33 MB
Release : 1901
Category : French literature
ISBN :
Author : Molière
Publisher :
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 26,82 MB
Release : 1872
Category : French drama
ISBN :
Author : Moliere
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 29,19 MB
Release : 2009-09-25
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1603842187
Prudence Steiner's lively prose translations remain close to the original French, giving us the speech of the characters in a slightly compressed and formalized language that echoes the effect created by Moliere's verse. Roger Herzel's thoughtful Introduction discusses Moliere's life; Tartuffe, The Misanthrope, and the comic tradition; and the setting, casting, and style of the plays.
Author : Jean-Baptiste Moliere
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 34,96 MB
Release : 2015-07-07
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0698196678
Seven plays by the genius of French theater. Including The Ridiculous Precieuses, The School for Husbands, The School for Wives, Don Juan, The Versailles Impromptu, and The Critique of the School for Wives, this collection showcases the talent of perhaps the greatest and best-loved French playwright. Translated and with an Introduction by Donald M. Frame With a Foreword by Virginia Scott And a New Afterword by Charles Newell