Description
The renowned French playwright Molière's most masterful and most frequently performed play, skillfully translated into English by the Pulitzer Prize-winning translator Richard Wilbur.
The rich bourgeois Orgon has become a bigot and prude. The title character, a wily opportunist and swindler, affects sancity and gains complete ascendancy over Ogron, who not only attemps to turn over his fortune but offers his daughter in marriage to his spiritual guide.
Translated and with an Introduction by Richard Wilbur.
Author: Molière
Publisher: Ecco Press
Published: 01/10/1968
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9780156881807
ISBN10: 0156881802
BISAC Categories:
- Drama | European | French
- Performing Arts | Theater | General
The rich bourgeois Orgon has become a bigot and prude. The title character, a wily opportunist and swindler, affects sancity and gains complete ascendancy over Ogron, who not only attemps to turn over his fortune but offers his daughter in marriage to his spiritual guide.
Translated and with an Introduction by Richard Wilbur.
Author: Molière
Publisher: Ecco Press
Published: 01/10/1968
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9780156881807
ISBN10: 0156881802
BISAC Categories:
- Drama | European | French
- Performing Arts | Theater | General