The Misanthrope
By Robert Cohen
The Misanthrope is a play that needs 10 performers (3 women, 7 men). Licensed by Eldridge Publishing.
- Type
- play
- Cast size
- 10 performers
- Roles
- 3 women, 7 men
- Cast notes
- 7 m, 3 w
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- classic
- Licensor
- Eldridge Publishing
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Synopsis
Molière’s comic masterpiece centers on the character of the French courtier Alceste and the beautiful young widow Célimène he hopes to marry. But the two have radically different personalities: Alceste is a snob who insists on telling everyone the truth as he sees it, and Célimène’s instinct is to tell people - and particularly attractive men - only what they are dying to hear. So Célimène flirts and gossips with the courtiers who come to her house while Alceste fumes in jealousy. A virtual mena
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