EPISODE · Sep 30, 2014
The Misanthrope – Episode 5 – Reading Plays
from Reading Plays · host Gareth Stack
The Misanthrope (or the ‘The Cantankerous Lover’) by Moliere, is a comedy first performed at the Theatre du Palais-Royal in 1666. Despite its age the play deals with modern concerns, like the nature of friendship and the choice to embrace cynicism over solipsism. Although absent the careful plotting, dynamic staging or linguistic experimentalism of modern […]
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