{"product_id":"tartuffe-and-other-plays-9780451474315","title":"Tartuffe and Other Plays","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Ridiculous Precieuses * The School for Husbands * The School for Wives * The Critique of the School for Wives * The Versailles Impromptu * Tartuffe * Don Juan\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis memorable collection gathers the plays of the great social satirist and playwright Moli re, representing the many facets of his genius and offering a superb introduction to the comic inventiveness, richness of prose, and insight that make up Moli re's enduring legacy to theater, literature, and the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTranslated and with an Introduction by Donald M. Frame, a Foreword by Virginia Scott, and a New Afterword\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMolière\u003c\/b\u003e, born Jean-Baptiste Poquelin in1622, began his career as an actor before becoming a playwright who specialized in satirizing the institutions and morals of his day. In 1658, his theater company settled in Paris in the Théâter du Petit-Bourbon. The object of fierce attack because of such masterpieces as \u003ci\u003eTartuffe\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Don Juan\u003c\/i\u003e, Molière nonetheless won the favor of the public. In 1665, his company became the King's Troupe, and the following year saw the staging of \u003ci\u003eThe Misanthrope\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eThe Doctor in Spite of Himself\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1668, he produced his bitterly comic \u003ci\u003eThe Miser\u003c\/i\u003e and, in the remaining years before his death, created such plays as \u003ci\u003eThe Would-Be Gentleman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Mischievous Machinations of Scapin\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Learned Women\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1673, Molière collapsed onstage while performing his last play, \u003ci\u003eThe Imaginary Invalid\u003c\/i\u003e, and died shortly thereafter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonald M. Frame\u003c\/b\u003e was Moore Professor of French at Columbia University and an acclaimed scholar and translator of French literature. Among his notable works of translation are \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Essays of Montaigne\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Works of Rabelais\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Signet Classics \u003ci\u003eTartuffe \u0026amp; Other Plays \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCandide, Zadig, and Selected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eVirginia Scott \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor Emerita in the Department of Theater of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eMoliére: A Theatrical Life\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Commedia Dell'Arte in Paris\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePerformance, Poetry and Politics on the Queen's Day: Catherine de Medici and Pierre de Ronsard at Fontainebleau\u003c\/i\u003e (with Sara Sturm-Maddox).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50324694696210,"sku":"9780451474315","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_def58451-a76c-49e4-8cf6-259046e78b10.jpg?v=1727670816","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/tartuffe-and-other-plays-9780451474315","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}