Martin Jarvis
Author
Language
English
Description
The classic comedy about seventeenth-century French society-and a man who despises everyone. This play in verse, which debuted in 1666 in Paris, lives on as one of the greatest masterpieces of stage comedy. It follows Alceste-who constantly bemoans the flaws, foibles, and hypocrisies of the human race-and his competition with many other suitors for the hand of the alluring and flirtatious Celimene. In addition to its sheer entertainment value as an...