The Miser

by Molière Narrated by LibriVox Community

Overview

This play was acted for the first time on September 9, 1668. In it, Molière has borrowed from Plautus, and has imitated several other authors, but he far surpasses them in the treatment of his subject. The picture of the miser, in whom love of money takes the place of all natural affections, who not only withdraws from family intercourse, but considers his children as natural enemies, is finely drawn, and renders Molière's Miser altogether more dramatic and moral than those of his predecessors.
Molière acted the part of Harpagon.

Editorial Reviews

Variety

With results ranging from clever to hilarious, translator David Chambers blends a pure line-for-line translation with the liberally political Henry Fielding version, resulting in a script both audaciously irreverent and intellectually true to Molière's 325-year-old original.

Orange County Register

The new, loony—tune mad MISER...spins the French comedy classic through a blackly funny, fun-house mirror.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169103038
Publisher:	LibriVox
Publication date:	08/25/2014

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