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The Misanthrope
Opens: 15/02/2013 Closes: 27/05/2013
UK tour
Roger McGough, the British poet that dreamt up such childish delights as The Aunt-Eater rounds off his trilogy of Molière adaptations at the Liverpool Playhouse with the French funnyman's best-known work. For an idea of how the first two went, have a look at what the critics thought about Tartuffe and The Hypochondriac.
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Guardian“McGough's version is a whimsical delight...” Charlotte Broom's balletic interludes, Peter Coyte's music and Michael Taylor's glittering design add up to a blast of baroque splendour. The only downside is that, after this, McGough and Bodinetz have resolved to hang up their powdered wigs...
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The Telegraph“The wit of this sparkling tragicomedy would be sharpened by more humanity..” McGough’s text trembles on the verge of knockabout, which works admirably when the comedy is kept taut, as in the exchanges between the lovelorn fops Acaste (George Potts) and Clitandre (Leander Deeny)...
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The Stage“Witty, insightful and impeccably staged...” McGough’s sparky account, set firmly in a period of aristocratic frippery, is chock-full of down-to-earth contemporary lingo with dialogue spoken almost entirely in rhyming couplets. The cast relish McGough’s cheeky poetic license...
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Whatsonstage.com“There are many joyous touches in this delightful production...” Purists may complain that Molière would be turning in his grave, but I think you’ll find that’s to climb out and join our Liverpool poet in receiving plaudits for a triple triumph...
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