(Author’s Note: This is a long, rambling, almost random set of musings on some of the comedies of two of the greatest dramatists in western letters. As it turns out, I have heavily leavened my own “thoughts” with long quotations from both authors, which may strike some readers as excessive. Well, if you don’t like…
Tag: Molière
When Molière met Lully: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Hankering for some good, old-fashioned baroque comédie-ballet circa 1670? Well, of course you are, and, fortunately for you, France Telecom has released on DVD an authentic recreation of the ninth and last collaboration between Molière and Jean-Baptiste, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, aka The Bourgeois Gentleman, or The Would-Be Gentleman, first performed back in the day for…