OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Lord Longford 

• Adapted / Translated From

  Molière

• Setting

  The scene is a square in a town outside a house.

• Synopsis

  Molière's classic comic farce concerns a man called Arnolphe who thinks he's got it all worked out. He reckons that wives are unfaithful to their husbands because they are too well-versed in the ways of the world. He chooses a young girl, Agnes, and tries to grow himself a wife.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  7

• Female

  2

• Total

  9

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  1947

• Producer

  Presented by Longford Productions

• Original Venue

  Gate Theatre/Amharclann an Gheata
  

Source Of Information

Information for this entry was taken from the original production programme.