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Category: Plays

November 22, 2021

The Misanthrope – Molière

Here is an author who knows how to write a play. When it comes to comedy, none amuses me the way he does. His…

November 22, 2021

Don Juan – Molière

“Hypocrisy is now a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtues…All the other vices of mankind are subject to censuré, and anyone…

November 22, 2021

A Woman of No Importance – Oscar Wilde

A Woman of No Importance is yet another drawing-room play by Oscar Wilde, where he satirizes the morals, hypocritical conventions, and general views and…

November 22, 2021

The Inspector General – Nikolai Gogol

The Inspector General by Gogol is one of the best satirical plays that I’ve read. Gogol is well known for his satire, either subtle…

November 22, 2021

Pygmalion – George Bernard Shaw

I watched My Fair Lady about twenty years ago and all I remember is that a linguistic professor taking in a common flower girl…

November 22, 2021

Tartuffe – Molière

Tartuffe or “The Imposter” or “The Hypocrite” by Moliere is a wonderful play about a religious hypocrite. The play was banned in his day…

November 22, 2021

Lady Windermere’s Fan – Oscar Wilde

This is a brilliant play written by Oscar Wild. From the first dialogue, I knew I’m in for a treat. And yes indeed I…

November 22, 2021

Cyrano De Bergerac – Edmond Rostand

This is a beautiful tragedy – funny, entertaining, and heartbreaking at the same time. Rostand presents us with a tragedy in line with that…

November 22, 2021

An Ideal Husband – Oscar Wilde

This was my first read of an Oscar Wilde work, and I immediately fell in love with him. When I first read it, it…

November 22, 2021

The Importance of Being Earnest – Oscar Wilde

When I first read this play, I felt that I might have missed the essence of it. Well, I’m happy to say I have….

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