Skinflints and Scoundrels: Molière's Miser
Skinflints and Scoundrels: Molière's Miser is a play that needs 14 or more performers (5 women, 11 men). Licensed by Dramatic Publishing.
- Type
- play
- Cast size
- 14 or more performers
- Roles
- 5 women, 11 men
- Cast notes
- 11m., 5w., with doubling 9m., 5w., expansion possible with inclusion of multiple courtiers. Limited Streaming Rights Available
- Recommended level
- High school
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- comedy
- Licensor
- Dramatic Publishing
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Synopsis
This new translation and adaptation of Molière's classic comedy, The Miser , is set in the opulent court of King Louis XIV at the palace of Versailles. Molière and his renowned troupe of actors are set to premiere The Misanthrope before the king and courtiers until Pierre Pomponne, a minor minister of culture, refuses to pay for the evening's entertainment. Molière pulls down the scenery, tosses costume pieces to his company, and a brilliant improvisation is presented as an instruction on the im
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