What happens when the dramatic art of Moliere is unleashed onto the stage and explodes into new life? Moliere on Stage takes the reader onstage, backstage and into the audience of Moliere s plays, analyzing the performance of his works in both his own time and ours. Written by a professional stage director with over fifty years of experience directing and translating Moliere, this original, in-depth study allows the reader to see how the playwright s lines have been brought to new life on stage throughout the centuries.

The text explores how Moliere strove to create a communal...