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Oh, my, my... more backstory than Ives put in the play... Okay, in the words of that 20th Century Philosopher, Sir Rodney King, "Can't We All Git Along..." g

btw - consider that the original Célimène was played by Moliere's coquettish, inappropriately young wife... no need to establish a "relationship" that his audience would altogether be aware of... No such luck for us non-contemporaries. So why not create a little backstory (and a little more) to better establish WHY would this Virtuously Intolerant Man, set aside all his beliefs for this... one... girl??? I will agree, however, that Moliere's play is a bit more cynical and ends on an uncompris...

To wit' I think that Richard Wiblue did the yo-man's job translating French to English and TRYING to keep faithful to the ideas and style of French couplets... problem is that French is a MUCH easier language to rhyme - in - and that puts forth a challenge that takes the writer away from the demands of simply telling the story... how many words in English rhyme with the most required word in English: "love" - uh, dove, glove, thereof??? Face it, even the Restoratioon writers - who were more i...

I am somewhat in the middle of these reviews... that being said, I plan to go back and see the play again! I was definitely with the audience - that enjoyed the play from beginning to end! I found it a fully realized elaboration on Moliere's work - that actually worked out better in the way the author fleshed out the relationship between Célimène and "Frank" (Moliere just drops us into some relationship and never establishes WHY these two are together???) And, while I understand the objection...