Moliere's The Bourgeois Gentleman

Moliere's The Bourgeois Gentleman

Nominated for â€œBest Adaptationâ€ by the LA Weekly, and a â€œCriticâ€™s Choiceâ€ in the Los Angeles Times, this sparkling new translation/adaptation of Moliereâ€™s classic comedy le Bourgeois Gentilhomme was described by the LA Times as a â€œgracefully loopy soufflÃ©â€ and an â€œunguarded hoot.â€ Wealthy and foolish Monsieur Jourdain is in love with the Countess DorimÃ¨ne and aches to be what he is notâ€”a member of the aristocracy. Determined to overcome his low birth with an education in high style, he unwittingly surrounds himself with charlatans and swindlers who gleefully take his money and prey on his innocence. Originally written by Moliere as a â€œcomedy balletâ€ for Louis XIV, this new translation re-imagines the play for todayâ€™s audience, transporting us into an extravagant fantasy world of song, dance, and upper class nonsense with a French accent.

â€œWith a generous soupcon of witty anarchyâ€¦this sleek City Garage take on Moliereâ€™s deathless satire of nouveau riche pretensions and aristocratic machinations is nominally avante garde, but mainly an unguarded hootâ€¦.With many wicked analogies to modern mores, Michel and Duncombe slyly tailor our times into their tart adaptation, complete with anachronisms, nonstop postures, and purposely limp songsâ€¦.everyone embraces the formalized mischief with Ã©lan.â€

â€œCriticâ€™s Choice,â€ Los Angeles Times

â€œFrederique Michel and Charles Duncombeâ€™s fresh and bawdy translation-adaptation serves up a bouquet of comedic delights.â€

â€œGo,â€ LA Weekly
Country USA
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-03-03
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2013-03-03
Format	Kindle eBook

Moliere's The Bourgeois Gentleman

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