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The Misanthrope
Full-Length Play, Comedy / 3f, 6m
The Misanthrope
by Martin Crimp and Moliere
Martin Crimp's version of Molière's classic updates the play by bringing it into a contemporary London world of theatre and media moguls, giving it a sublime, carefully balanced blank verse language that is enjoyably savage. The misanthropic, ruthle…
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Cast Size
3f, 6m -
Subgenre
Adaptation (Stage & Screen), Period
Details
Summary
Martin Crimp's version of Molière's classic updates the play by bringing it into a contemporary London world of theatre and media moguls, giving it a sublime, carefully balanced blank verse language that is enjoyably savage. The misanthropic, ruthless Alceste is in love with Jennifer, but is constantly being thwarted by various male callers. Starting by mocking critic-turned-playwright Covington, Alceste soon exten's his scathing satiric attack to the whole media circus that encircles him. Retribution comes with Jennifer's final rejection of him.
- Time Period Contemporary
- Setting Luxury hotel, other various simple settings
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
Authors
Martin Crimp
Martin Crimp was born in 1956 and began writing for theatre in the 1980s. His plays include: When we have sufficiently tortured each other (2019), Men Asleep (2018), The Rest Will be Familiar To You From Cinema (2013, voted by Germany’s Theater heute best foreign play of the ...