
THE MIDDLE CLASS GENTLEMAN - (Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme)
By MOLIÈRE - (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, 1622-1673)
Translated by Philip Dwight Jones
ACT ONE
ACT TWO
ACT THREE
ACT FOUR
ACT FIVE
Language
en
Duration
~1 hours (103K characters)
Release date
2001-12-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1622–1673
A master of sharp, funny social satire, this 17th-century French playwright turned hypocrisy, vanity, and self-importance into some of the stage’s most enduring comedies. His plays still feel lively because they aim straight at human weakness with wit instead of lectures.
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