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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Createspace Independent Pub
Publication date December 19, 2011
Pages 152
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9781466494732
ISBN-10 1466494735
Dimensions 0.50 by 5.25 by 7.75 in.
Weight 0.80 lbs.
Original list price $15.00
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Nominated for “Best Adaptation” by the LA Weekly, and a “Critic’s Choice” in the Los Angeles Times, this sparkling new translation/adaptation of Moliere’s classic comedy le Bourgeois Gentilhomme was described by the LA Times as a “gracefully loopy soufflé” and an “unguarded hoot.” Wealthy and foolish Monsieur Jourdain is in love with the Countess Dorimène and aches to be what he is not—a member of the aristocracy. Determined to overcome his low birth with an education in high style, he unwittingly surrounds himself with charlatans and swindlers who gleefully take his money and prey on his innocence. Originally written by Moliere as a “comedy ballet” for Louis XIV, this new translation re-imagines the play for today’s audience, transporting us into an extravagant fantasy world of song, dance, and upper class nonsense with a French accent. “With a generous soupcon of witty anarchy…this sleek City Garage take on Moliere’s deathless satire of nouveau riche pretensions and aristocratic machinations is nominally avante garde, but mainly an unguarded hoot….With many wicked analogies to modern mores, Michel and Duncombe slyly tailor our times into their tart adaptation, complete with anachronisms, nonstop postures, and purposely limp songs….everyone embraces the formalized mischief with élan.” “Critic’s Choice,” Los Angeles Times “Frederique Michel and Charles Duncombe’s fresh and bawdy translation-adaptation serves up a bouquet of comedic delights.” “Go,” LA Weekly

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With Charles A. Duncombe | from Createspace Independent Pub (December 19, 2011)
9781466494732 | details & prices | 152 pages | 5.25 × 7.75 × 0.50 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $15.00
About: Nominated for “Best Adaptation” by the LA Weekly, and a “Critic’s Choice” in the Los Angeles Times, this sparkling new translation/adaptation of Moliere’s classic comedy le Bourgeois Gentilhomme was described by the LA Times as a “gracefully loopy soufflé” and an “unguarded hoot.

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