Cambridge Companion to Moliere

A detailed introduction to Molière and his plays, this Companion evokes his own theatrical career, his theatres, patrons, the performers and theatre staff with whom he worked, and the various publics he and his troupes entertained with such success. It looks at his particular brands of comedy and satire. L''École des femmes, Le Tartuffe, Dom Juan, Le Misanthrope, L''Avare and Les Femmes savantes a...