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The Learned Ladies at Bishop McNamara High School, Mar 8-10

The Learned Ladies at Bishop McNamara High School, Mar 8-10

Bishop McNamara High School presents
The Learned Ladies
by Moliere
translated by Richard Wilbur

March 8 – 10, 2024
Friday, March 8 & Saturday, March 9 at 7:00 pm
Sunday, March 10 at 2:00 pm

Location: Bishop McNamara High School in Forestville.

The Learned Ladies is a romantic comedy originally written during the French Baroque period by Moliere. This translation is by Richard Wilbur, Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner for poetry. Henriette and Clitandre are in love and want to get married. However, her mother objects and wants Henriette to marry the poet, Trissotin, who leads the women in the family in academic pursuits. Henriette’s father tries to plead for his daughter to marry the person she loves, but his strong-willed wife resists. Which will prevail – the heart or the mind?

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Tartuffe at Clarice Smith, Nov 6-15

Tartuffe at Clarice Smith, Nov 6-15

Tartuffe
By Moliére
Translated by Richard Wilbur

Fri, Nov 6, 2015 . 7:30PM
Sun, Nov 8, 2015 . 2:00PM
Sun, Nov 8, 2015 . 7:30PM
Wed, Nov 11, 2015 . 7:30PM
Thu, Nov 12, 2015 . 7:30PM
Fri, Nov 13, 2015 . 7:30PM
Sat, Nov 14, 2015 . 2:00PM
Sun, Nov 15, 2015 . 7:30PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Kogod Theatre, General Admission.

First performed in 1669, Tartuffe is one of the most famous theatrical comedies by Molière. The School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies explores how Molière’s brilliant portrait of corruption mirrors contemporary themes in religion, politics, duplicity and extremism, as relevant in the 17th century as today.