Adapted from Moliere by Charles Jeffries and Luis Munoz

Comedy

Characters: 8 male, 7 female

So virtuous is Tartuffe that every form of pleasure is an abomination to him. Orgon, a rich merchant, is completely duped by the ruse and watches approvingly as the cunning Tartuffe "reforms" his whole family. So besotted is the merchant that he even plans to give Tartuffe his fortune, his house, and finally his daughter Orgon's wife finally exposes Tartuffe for the rogue he is -- and her husband for being a gullible fool. By the time Orgon sees the light, only the courts can insure justice....

Originally published in 1929 as part of the Pitt Press Series, this book contains the French text of Moliere's two-act comedy Depit amoureux. The play is introduced by Frederic Spenser, who also provides a reading guide at the back for some of the more archaic words and phrases in the piece. This book will be of value to anyone interested in seventeenth-century French comedy."

L'Avare est une comedie de Moliere en 5 actes (comportant respectivement 5, 5, 9, 7 et 6 scenes), ecrite en prose, jouee pour la premiere fois au Theatre du Palais-Royal le 9 septembre 1668 1]. Le sujet est inspire d'une piece de Plaute intitulee La Marmite. Resume Acte I - L'intrigue se passe a Paris. Le riche et avare Harpagon a deux enfants: Elise qui est amoureuse de Valere, un gentilhomme napolitain au service de son pere en qualite d'intendant, et Cleante qui souhaite epouser Mariane, une jeune femme vivant chez sa mere sans fortune. Il ne supporte pas que l'avarice de son pere...