The Misanthrope (1975)

Written by Molière
Directed by John Dexter
Cast: Alec McCowen, Diana Rigg, Robert Eddison, Gawn Grainger, Gillian Barge, Nicholas Clay, Peter Needham, Louie Ramsay

Much to the horror of his friends and companions, Alceste rejects la politesse, the social conventions of the seventeenth-century French ruelles (later called salons in the 18th century). His refusal to "make nice" makes him tremendously unpopular and he laments his isolation in a world he sees as superficial and base, saying early in Act I, "...

Theater

St. James Theatre · Broadway

Closed

May 31, 1975