Les Précieuses Ridicules (The Pretentious Young Ladies) [French English Bilingual Edition]

by Molière, Henri von Laun (Translator)

Overview

The first of the greater works of Molière was Les Précieuses Ridicules (The Pretentious Young Ladies) produced in 1659. In this brilliant piece Molière lifted French comedy to a new level and gave it a new purpose—the satirizing of contemporary manners and affectations by frank portrayal and criticism.
Les Précieuses Ridicules is a one act comedy in prose. This comedy was first acted at Paris, at the Théâtre du Petit Bourbon, on the 18th of November, 1659, and met with great success. Through the influence of some noble précieux and précieuses it was forbidden until the 2d of December, when the concourse of spectators was so great that it had to be performed twice a day, that the prices of nearly all the places were raised, and that it ran for four months together.
Mascarille was played by Molière.

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Product Details

BN ID:	2940148764335
Publisher:	Wolf Pup Books
Publication date:	07/17/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	61 KB
Language:	French

About the Author

Molière (stage name of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin) (January 15, 1622 – February 17, 1673) was a French playwright and actor and was one of the greatest masters of comedy in literature. His best-known works include Le Misanthrope (The Misanthrope) (1666), L'École des femmes (The School for Wives) (1662), Tartuffe ou L'Imposteur, (Tartuffe or the Hypocrite) (1664), L'Avare (The Miser) (1668), Le Malade imaginaire (The Imaginary Invalid) (1673), Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (The Bourgeois Gentleman) (1670), and Les Femmes savantes (The Learned Ladies) of 1672.
He was born in Paris. At age 21, he decided to pursue his inclination and joined a theater company. In his 14 years in Paris, Molière wrote 31 plays performed by his company. Molière is considered the creator of modern French comedy. Not only many words or phrases used in Molière's plays are still used in current French, but parts of dialogues have been imprinted into French people’s memory.
Molière died in 1673, at the age of 51.