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The Bores
Molière
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Moliere: "Never was any Dramatic performance so hurried as this; and it is a thing, I believe, quite new, to have a comedy planned, finished, got up, and played in a fortnight. I do not say this to boast of an impromptu, or to pretend to any reputation on that account: but only to prevent certain people, who might object that I have not introduced here all the species of Bores who are to be found. I know that the number of them is great, both at the Court and in the City, and that, without episodes, I might have composed a comedy of five acts and still have had matter to spare."
Moliere: "Never was any Dramatic performance so hurried as this; and it is a thing, I believe, quite new, to have a comedy planned, finished, got up, and played in a fortnight. I do not say this to boast of an impromptu, or to pretend to any reputation on that account: but only to prevent certain people, who might object that I have not introduced here all the species of Bores who are to be found. I know that the number of them is great, both at the Court and in the City, and that, without episodes, I might have composed a comedy of five acts and still have had matter to spare."
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There is no one who does not know for what time of rejoicing the piece was composed; and that fete made so much noise, that it is not necessary to speak of it [Footnote: The Bores, according to the Preface, planned, finished, got up, and played in a fortnight, was acted amidst other festivities, first at Vaux, the seat of Monsieur Fouquet, Superintendent of Finances, the 17th of August, 1661, in the presence of the King and the whole Court, with the exception of the Queen. Three weeks later Fouquet was arrested, and finally condemned to be shut up in prison, where he died in 1672. It was not till November, 1661, that The Bores was played in Paris.] but it will not be am. . . Read More
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Représentée pour la première fois à l'occasion de la fête fatidique qu'offrit le surintendant Fouquet au roi Louis XIV en 1661, « Les Fâcheux », fruit de la collaboration de Molière et de Beauchamps (chorégraphie et musique) est la première comédie-ballet de l'histoire.
Le récit des événements est s
“Ce petit chef-d'œuvre fut admiré des courtisans, qui se jouaient eux-mêmes; non-seulement ils avaient donné les notes et préparé la comédie; mais le théâtre était de plain-pied avec les spectateurs; «de côté et d'autre, mêmes hommes, mêmes canons, mêmes plumes, mêmes postures, excepté que, du côté
This play is the first ever comédie-ballet in history. It has 3 acts and was written, memorized for performance, and played all in just 15 days and for an exclusive representation for the monarch Louis XIV. In the story, a Marquis by the name of Éraste complains to his valet about people who always
I read this in french. I am very much still learning French. I had to read a number of scenes 2 or 3 times and take my time with this. I don't know if that harms the humor.
This is the second piece by Molière that I have read.
The collection that I am reading places this play second, and I believe tha
2.5
I just have to like the whole thing when Molière includes Précieuses in his plays. I’m way too fond of them. I see them and I’m a fan!
Impeccable et toujours actuel.