Exploring each of Molière's 33 plays (including the divertissements) for its theatrical possibilities, Bermel deals with dramatic structures, settings, roles a

"Banned after its creation in 1665 because of the threat that it posed to conventional beliefs and ways, Don Juan was not appreciated until the middle of the tw

Provides reviews of six works by the poet Moliere along with criticism and thematic analysis of other works and a short biography of the poet.

Describing the theater of Moliere as a systematic attack on Cartesian modernism, this book is richly theoretical with incisive and specific treatment of such pl

'Molière on Stage' takes the reader onstage, backstage and into the audience of Molière's plays, analyzing the performance of his works in both his own time a