The Widow a la Mode and Other Plays (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781479401345)

Four French comedies on marriage, love, and manners. In THE WIDOW A LA MODE, by Jean Donneau de Vise, the death of an aged husband forces his young widow and other members of his family to scramble quickly to save their fortunes while pretending to be overcome with grief. WAYWARD WENCHES, by Jean-François Regnard, is a collection of skits about bad girls who've gone wrong. Michel Baron's THE ABDUCTIONS is a one-act farce about the vagaries of love in a country setting, including cross-dressing and knock-about slapstick shenanigans. Alain-René Lesage's THE SCHOOL FOR LOVERS is a comic fantasy opera about what makes romance last--and what kills it. A magician whisks young men and women to an enchanted isle--where they become bored to death with love! The characters in these plays are still recognizable, even in modern settings; and this quartet of comedies still makes us laugh. Great entertainment!

Author: Jean Francois Regnard,Alain Rene Le Sage
ISBN-10: 147940134X
ISBN-13: 9781479401345
Publisher: Borgo Press
Language: English
Published: 07/19/2013
Pages: 236
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.54d