Title
Playwright
Molière
Performance Dates
July 21-25, 1970
Creative Team
Director - Robert R. Crosby
Designer-Technical Director - Fred Thayer
Costumes - Petie Dodrill
Synopsis
Satire and farce blend in the fast-moving plot, as when the miser's hoard is stolen. Asked by the police magistrate whom he suspects, Harpagon replies, “Everybody! I wish you to take into custody the whole town and suburbs” and indicates the theatre audience while doing so. The play also makes fun of certain theatrical conventions, such as the spoken aside addressed to the audience, hitherto ignored by the characters onstage. The characters of L'Avare, however, generally demand to know who exactly is being spoken to.
The Miser. (2017, July 19). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21:08, September 26, 2017, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Miser&oldid=791333332
Disciplines
Acting | Theatre and Performance Studies | Theatre History
Keywords
College Theater, Otterbein University Theatre, Drama
Recommended Citation
Otterbein University Theatre and Dance Department, "The Miser" (1970). 1970 Summer Theatre. 2.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/summer_production_1970/2