The misanthrope / Tony Harrison.

Author/creator Harrison, Tony, 1937- author.
Other author Molière, 1622-1673.
Other author Harrison, Tony, 1937-
Format Electronic
PublicationLondon : Bloomsbury, [2013]
Copyright Date©2013
Description1 online resource
Supplemental ContentDrama online

Summary Tony Harrison has set his version of Molière's play exactly three hundred years after the first performance of 'Le Misanthrope' in 1666. This transposition to the 'reign' of Charles de Gaulle helps to clarify the truly human dilemmas in the play so often obscured behind the frills and stiffness of traditional productions. In this version of 'Le Misanthrope' he uses the same skills and energy in a way that at once reminds us of the original and allows us, perhaps for the first time in any version of the play, to grasp its essential theme. This version was first produced by the National Theatre Company at the Old Vic, London, in February 1973.
General noteAdapted from Le misanthrope by Molière.
General notePreviously issued in print: in Plays two. London: Faber, 2002.
Source of descriptionDescription based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 30, 2013).
Genre/formDrama.
Standard identifier# 10.5040/9780571285983.00000004

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