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The Misanthrope

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  3w, 6m

Martin Crimp

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…

The Misanthrope

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 6m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Adaptations (Stage & Screen), Period

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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

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Martin Crimp

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 ...

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