Molière

For the 400th anniversary of Moliere's birth, all of Richard Wilbur's unsurpassed translations of Moli re's plays--themselves towering achievements in English verse--are brought together for the first time in this two-volume gift set. One of the most accomplished American poets of his generation, Richard Wilbur (1921-2017) was also a prolific translator of French and Russian literature. His verse translations of Moli re's plays are especially admired by readers and are still performed today around the world. Wilbur, the critic John Simon wrote, makes Moli re into as great an English verse playwright as he was a French one. Now, for the first time, all ten of Wilbur's unsurpassed translations of Moli re's plays are brought together in two-volume boxed set, fulfilling the poet's vision for the translations. The first volume comprises Moli re's delightful early farces The Bungler, Lover's Quarrels, and The Imaginary Cuckhold, or Sganarelle; the comedies The School for Husbands and The School for Wives, about the efforts of middle-aged men to control their young wives or fianc s, which so delighted female theater goers in Moliere's seventeenth-century France; and Don Juan, Moli re's retelling of the timeless story, performed only briefly in the playwright's lifetime before pious censure forced it to close and not part of the repertoire of the Com die-Fran aise until 1847. The second volume includes the elusive masterpiece, The Misanthrope, often said to occupy the same space in comedy as Shakespeare's Hamlet does in tragedy; the fantastic farce Amphitryon, about how Jupiter and Mercury commandeer the identities of two mortals; Tartuffe, Moli re's biting satire of religious hypocrisy; and The Learned Ladies, like Tarfuffe, a drama of a household turned suddenly upside down. These volumes include the original introductions by Richard Wilbur and an introduction by Adam Gopnik on the exquisite art of Wilbur's translations.

For the 400th anniversary of Moliere's birth, Richard Wilbur's unsurpassed translations of Moli re's plays--themselves towering achievements in English verse--are brought together by Library of America in a two-volume edition One of the most accomplished American poets of his generation, Richard Wilbur (1921-2017) was also a prolific translator of French and Russian literature. His verse translations of Moli re's plays are especially admired by readers and are still performed today in theaters around the world. Wilbur, the critic John Simon once wrote, makes Moli re into as great an English verse playwright as he was a French one. Now, for the first time, all ten of Wilbur's unsurpassed translations of Moli re's plays are brought together in two-volume Library of America edition, fulfilling the poet's vision for the translations. This first volume comprises Moli re's delightful early farces The Bungler, Lover's Quarrels, and The Imaginary Cuckhold, or Sganarelle; the comedies The School for Husbands and The School for Wives, about the efforts of middle-aged men to control their young wives or fianc s, which so delighted female theater goers in Moliere's seventeenth-century France; and Don Juan, Moli re's retelling of the Don Juan story, performed only briefly in the playwright's lifetime before pious censure forced it to close and not part of the repertoire of the Com die-Fran aise until 1847. This volume includes the original introductions by Richard Wilbur and an introduction by Adam Gopnik on the exquisite art of Wilbur's translations.

For the 400th anniversary of Moliere's birth, Richard Wilbur's unsurpassed translations of Moli re's plays--themselves towering achievements in English verse--are brought together by Library of America in a two-volume edition One of the most accomplished American poets of his generation, Richard Wilbur (1921-2017) was also a prolific translator of French and Russian literature. His verse translations of Moli re's plays are especially admired by readers and are still performed today in theaters around the world. Wilbur, the critic John Simon once wrote, makes Moli re into as great an English verse playwright as he was a French one. Now, for the first time, all ten of Wilbur's unsurpassed translations of Moli re's plays are brought together in two-volume Library of America edition, fulfilling the poet's vision for the translations. The second volume includes the elusive masterpiece, The Misanthrope, often said to occupy the same space in comedy as Shakespeare's Hamlet does in tragedy; the fantastic farce Amphitryon, about how Jupiter and Mercury commandeer the identities of two mortals; Tartuffe, Moli re's biting satire of religious hypocrisy; and The Learned Ladies, like Tarfuffe, a drama of a household turned suddenly upside down. This volume includes the original introductions by Richard Wilbur and an introduction by Adam Gopnik on the exquisite art of Wilbur's translations.

«George Dandin» og «Scapins skurkestreker» ble skrevet og oppført mot slutten av Molières karriere, begge på prosa i tre akter, begge presentert som «komedie» - et tøyelig begrep. De er samtidig svært forskjellige og viser noe av spennvidden i Molières komediediktning. «George Dandin» er en seriøs komedie på grensen mellom det komiske og det tragiske. Den latterliggjør det gamle adelskapet og en parveny som George Dandin, som har giftet seg over sin stand. Dandin er fra første replikk en ulykkelig ektemann som også vekker vår medfølelse. «Scapins skurkestreker» har vært beskrevet som en «farseaktig intrigekomedie», men dette stykket er utvilsomt en farse med tallrike quiproquo, klart inspirert av commedia dell'arte og den italienske Scappino. Scapins skøyerstreker er en av de mest kjente og hyppigst spilte av Molières farser. Molière (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, 1622-73) anses som en av verdens største komedieforfattere. Han satt opp sitt første stykke i en alder av 21 og hans komedier har frem til vår tid vært spilt regelmessig over hele verden.

Molière tillhör världsdramatiken största författare. Hans komedier har spelats flitigt varje år alltsedan de skrevs. Bakom det komiska ryms dock en kritik av människans laster och hennes överdrivna respekt för myndigheter, auktoritet och börd. Här samlas sex komedier som både tillhör Molières mest berömda och som upp­visar hans bredd som författare. Översättningarna är gjorda av några av våra mest lysande översättare: Lars Forssell, Göran O Eriksson, Sven Åke Heed och Ulf Peter Hallberg. Sven Åke Heed har dessutom skrivit ett initierat förord om Molière och ett efterord om Molière på svenska. Bandet innehåller: De löjliga preciöserna, Hustruskolan, Don Juan, Misantropen, Tartuffe och Den inbillade sjuke

Moli re's classic comic masterpiece, is here brilliantly translated by renowned translators, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonksy (two-time winner of the PEN/Book-of-the-Month-Club Translation Prize), and playwright/director Richard Nelson (Tony Award, Oliver Award)." He's an impertinent one, your Moli re, with his comedies... Damn it to hell, if I were the doctors, I'd take revenge for his impudence And if he was sick, I'd let him die unattended. Whatever he might say or do, I wouldn't prescribe the least little bleeding, the least little enema for him, and I'd say to him: 'Croak Croak '"ACT THREE, THE IMAGINARY INVALID While playing Argan, Moli re collapsed during the fourth performance of THE IMAGINARY INVALID, and died shortly after on 17 February 1673.

Sganarelle ou le Cocu imaginaire est une com die en un acte et en vers de Moli re, cr e sur le Th tre du Petit-Bourbon le 28 mai 1660 par la troupe de Monsieur, fr re unique du Roi. Elle comporte 9 personnages soit Sganarelle, sa femme, L lie, C lie, Gorgibus, La suivante, Gros-Ren , Le parent et Villebrequin. R pliques c l bres Oui, son mari, vous-dis-je, et mari tr s marri. (Sganarelle, sc ne IX, vers 292) A-t-on mieux cru jamais tre cocu que moi. Vous voyez qu'en ce fait la plus forte apparence Peut jeter dans l'esprit une fausse cr ance: De cet exemple-ci, ressouvenez-vous bien, Et quand vous verriez tout, ne croyez jamais rien. (Sganarelle, sc ne derni re)

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