Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
(Applause Books). In one of Moliere's most popular plays, Scapin, that monarch of con men, puts his store of
ingenuity to work, getting two lovesick young men married to the girls they pine for and, along the way, taking
revenge on their grasping old fathers. Closed down after its first, highly successful run because of opposition
from powerful enemies of the playwright, Don Juan was performed in a bowdlerized version for almost two hundred
years, until actors, directors and critics restored the original text, recognizing it as the most ambitious and
mightiest of Moliere's prose plays. Bermel's translations of the scripts as presented here have received rave
reviews.
Synopsis
In one of Moli¬re's most popular plays Scapin that monarch of con men puts his store of ingenuity to work getting two lovesick young men married to the girls they pine for and along the way taking revenge on their grasping old fathers. Closed down after its first highly successful run because of opposition from powerful enemies of the playwright Don Juan was performed in a bowdlerized version for almost two hundred years until actors directors and critics restored the original text recognizing it as the most ambitious and mightiest of Moli¬re's prose plays. Bermel's translations of the scripts as presented here have received rave reviews.