num_pages: 120
description: Alceste abhors hypocrisy and the well-rehearsed, sycophantic pleasantries of the chattering classes. But having savaged Covington - a theatre critic who thinks he can write plays - Alceste goes on to attack Jennifer, the woman he really loves. What if his determination to tell the truth proves more destructive than their instinct to avoid it?Moliere's greatest comedy, Le Misanthrope (1666), with its fierce argument between conformity and non-conformity, is reworked in this blistering, contemporary version by Martin Crimp.
language: English
title: The Misanthrope
titlecomplete: The Misanthrope
characters: Oronte, Acaste, Philinte, Célimène, Arsinoé, Basque, Éliante, Clitandre, Alceste, Dubois
genres: Classics, Drama, Theatre, France, Plays, Humor, Literature, 17th Century, French Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 22569
places: Paris
publisher: Moliere