Full-Length Play / Comedy / 9-14 Actors

By Molière

Translated and adapted by Lib Spry and Laurie Steven

Published through Next Stage Press: Click Here

Spry and Steven’s new translation and contemporary adaptation of Molière’s hilarious and cutting satire exposes the greed rampant today. Harpagon (the quintessential Scrooge) is the head of a meatpacking company who is driven to absurd lengths to get his hands on a lucrative food preservative. He is pitted against his children, a would-be filmmaker and painter, whose happiness he is willing to sacrifice to increase his profits. 

Reviews

“[T]he show is a delight. The clever wordplay and non-stop action are wildly entertaining.”

– Apt613 

“[A] post-modern, Commedia dell’Arte, punk rap performance, with an added bit of Brechtian political theatre.” 

– CBC Radio 

“[A] highly entertaining broad comedy…this stylized, precisely timed, physical comedy bubbles into life…a show rich in visual and aural appeal.”

– The Ottawa Citizen

Details

Approximate run time: 90 minutes

Script includes an introduction to performing Molière.

First produced in 1997. Updated and produced in 2023.

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