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Title: The School for Wives: (L'Ecole Des Femmes) by Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, Moliere, S. H. Landes, William-Alan Landes ISBN: 0-88734-780-0 Publisher: Players Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderfully fresh translation
Comment: Bolt achieves with his translation of Moliere's classic comedy what David Hirson did with his 1991 play, La Bete. While remaining true to the general language of Moliere's time and rhyming couplets in iambic pentameter, Bolt is still able to sprinkle modern touches that make the comedy pop out even more. Bolt's British wit sparkles through the French comedy, making for an enjoyable read as well as performance.
Interesting, too, is Nicholas Dromgoole's introduction, which makes some incredibly interesting points yet also keeps in tone with Bolt's take on Moliere's commedia dell'arte-influenced School For Wives.
Whether you're a fan of Moliere or a novice to his works, Bolt's translation of The School for Wives is a fantastic read that keeps the comedy alive, even after 350 years.
Rating: 5
Summary: Very amusing satire.
Comment: I read this play for a French Lit. class (in the original French)and enjoyed Moliere's sense of humor. I laughed out loud as I watched everyone's plans go horribly awry. A great classic social commentary. It centers around one man's obsessive fear of cuckoldry (when a man's wife cheats on him), and the extremes to which he goes to avoid this. He practically emprisons a girl/young woman so that she can be raised properly and will make a faithful and obedient wife when she finally matures. This of course leads him into a muddle of confusion and coincidences as everything goes wrong . . .
Rating: 5
Summary: Very Entertaining!!
Comment: I read this play for a college comparative literature course and it was great. Moliere is extremely easy to read and his work is very enjoyable. You can't help but be astonished by Arnolphe's views of women, but his ignorance gives you a good laugh. Enjoy!!
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Title: Pierre Et Jean (Oxford World's Classics (Oxford University Press).) by Guy De Maupassant, Julie Ead, Robert Lethbridge, Guy De Maupassant, Julie Mead ISBN: 019283147X Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Candide (Penguin Classics) by Francois M. Voltaire ISBN: 0140440046 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1990 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Importance of Being Earnest (Dover Thrift Editions) by Oscar Wilde ISBN: 0486264785 Publisher: Dover Publications Pub. Date: 01 July, 1990 List Price(USD): $1.00 |
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Title: The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams ISBN: 0811214044 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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