The School for Wives concerns an insecure man who contrives to show the world how to rig an infallible alliance by marrying the perfect bride; The Learned Ladies centers on the domestic calamities wrought by a domineering woman upon her husband, children, and household. “Wilbur makes Molière into as great an English verse playwright as he was a French one” (John Simon, New York). In the sophisticated comedy The Learned Ladies, a wife usurps her husband's household by installing a salon for ideas and indoctrinating her dau The School for Wives centers on an older man who shelters his female (much younger) ward to make her ignorant of the world and eventually wed her and lead a life wherein he won't be cuckolded/5(31). Over the next 40 years Wilbur would produce lively, sophisticated and eminently stageworthy versions of Moliere's verse comedies--The Misanthrope (), Tartuffe (), The School for Wives (), The Learned Ladies (), The School for Husbands (), Sganarelle or The Imaginary Cuckold (), Amphitryon (), Don Fuan (), The Bungler () and Lovers' Quarrels ().
The School for Wives concerns an insecure man who contrives to show the world how to rig an infallible alliance by marrying the perfect bride; The Learned Ladies centers on the domestic calamities wrought by a domineering woman upon her husband, children, and household. 10 of the Best Molière Monologues for Women. Written by Ashleigh Gardner. Henriette from The Learned Ladies. Agnes from The School for Wives. A comedic monologue about a girl who tries to defend herself from her tyrannical father. Agnes sees a man, Horace, from her balcony, and being polite continuously bows to him as he bows to her. The School for Wives and The Learned Ladies, by Moliere: Two comedies in an acclaimed translation. Jean-Baptiste Moliere. out of 5 stars.
The School for Wives concerns an insecure man who contrives to show the world how to rig an infallible alliance by marrying the perfect bride; The Learned Ladies centers on the domestic calamities wrought by a domineering woman upon her husband, children, and household. “Wilbur makes Molière into. In the sophisticated comedy The Learned Ladies, a wife usurps her husband's household by installing a salon for ideas and indoctrinating her dau The School for Wives centers on an older man who shelters his female (much younger) ward to make her ignorant of the world and eventually wed her and lead a life wherein he won't be cuckolded. women’s quest for knowledge a perfect subject for social satire. By the time he wrote Th e Learned Ladies, Molière had already enjoyed considerable success by satirizing the subject of female education (and self-education) in Th e Aff ected Ladies of and Th e School for Wives of
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