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THE HEIRS OF MOLIÈRE:
Pierre Nivelle de la Chaussès 18th Century Comedy
The Fashionable Prejudice
A Staged Reading Downtown
An eighteenth century gentleman finds himself in love with his wife, a most unfashionable situation! Metropolitan Playhouse Artistic Producing Director, Alex Roe, will direct a staged reading of Pierre Nivelle de la Chaussès The Fashionable Prejudice. This reading is a premiere presentation of one of four plays contained in the latest Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publication, The Heirs of Molière (translated and edited by Sidney E. Cohn Distinguished Professor of Theatre and Comparative Literature, Marvin Carlson). A small reception will follow.
Post-performance discussion moderated by: Professor Marvin Carlson
Monday, April 26
7:30 p.m., Metropolitan Playhouse, 220 E. 4th Street, (between Avenue A & B)
FREE
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THE HEIRS OF MOLIÈRE
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THE HEIRS OF MOLIÈRE:
Pierre Nivelle de la Chaussès 18th Century Comedy
The Fashionable Prejudice
A Staged Reading Downtown
An eighteenth century gentleman finds himself in love with his wife, a most unfashionable situation! Metropolitan Playhouse Artistic Producing Director, Alex Roe, will direct a staged reading of Pierre Nivelle de la Chaussès The Fashionable Prejudice. This reading is a premiere presentation of one of four plays contained in the latest Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publication, The Heirs of Molière (translated and edited by Sidney E. Cohn Distinguished Professor of Theatre and Comparative Literature, Marvin Carlson). A small reception will follow.
Post-performance discussion moderated by: Professor Marvin Carlson
Monday, April 26
7:30 p.m., Metropolitan Playhouse, 220 E. 4th Street, (between Avenue A & B)
FREE
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