Benjamin McEvoy | How to Read the Plays of Molière (French Theatre Appreciation) @BenjaminMcEvoy | Uploaded March 2024 | Updated October 2024, 11 hours ago.
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0:00 the tradition of comedy & tragedy
1:30 Molière as titan of French Literature
3:30 my love for the work of Molière
4:30 how to appreciate the plays of Molière
5:00 on the history of French theatre
6:00 drama in the age of King Louis XIV
7:00 Jean-Baptiste Poquelin’s acting career
8:00 comic with the heart of a tragedian
8:30 neoclassical revival of the ancients
10:30 French Renaissance rules for theatre
11:00 alexandrines & French poetry
12:00 tragic conventions & Corneille’s Le Cid
13:00 what was French Renaissance theatre like?
13:30 classical unities of action, time & place
14:30 the value of working within a framework
15:30 dramatic rules from L'Académie française
16:30 difference between tragedy & comedy
17:50 the influence of Commedia dell’arte
18:40 Scaramouche & improvisational comedy
20:00 masks/stock types from Italian theatre
20:50 difference between high & low comedy
21:20 the art of Molière’s character creation
23:30 singular ruling passion of his characters
24:30 the liberation of recognising ourselves
26:00 William Shakespeare vs Molière
26:40 understanding the time of Molière
28:20 a tumultuous era in French History
29:40 King Louis XIV at the Palace of Versailles
31:00 how the Sun King controlled the nobles
32:40 King’s brother as patron of Molière’s troupe
33:30 why the critics attacked Molière
34:30 Molière discovers his talent for comedy
35:30 Sganarelle in The Imaginary Cuckold
36:00 Molière’s understanding of jealousy
38:00 making the audience recognise themselves
38:50 Jean-Baptiste finds freedom on the stage
40:00 Les Précieuses ridicules causes outrage
40:50 satirising the age of the refined salon
42:00 ‘Stop thief! Stop thief! Stop thief!’
43:30 Molière’s mockery of refined society
44:30 banned for being deeply offensive
46:00 The School for Wives & the Comic War
47:00 Molière’s satire offends high society
50:00 how the criticism fuelled Molière
51:00 tuberculosis, depression, hypochondria
52:00 what was Molière’s acting like?
52:30 the scandal caused by Tartuffe
54:00 Molière satirises religious hypocrisy
55:00 ‘Yes, Brother, I am a wicked man, I fear’
57:00 Tartuffe is banned by the authorities
59:00 the character of Alceste in The Misanthrope
1:02:00 ‘the friend of mankind is no friend of mine’
1:04:00 Molière fights to get Tartuffe onstage
1:06:00 the great playwright’s tragic death
1:07:00 Molière changed the world of comedy
1:08:00 recommended translation of Molière
1:09:00 appreciating Richard Wilbur’s Molière
1:10:00 discussing the Molière lecture series
1:12:00 exciting upcoming book club content
1:12:20 what is your experience with Molière?
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📔Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3
🎖️ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma
🎭 Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7
🐳 Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf
☄️ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp
🍂 Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt
🇮🇪 Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN
🚂 Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv
💀 Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5
⚓ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b
☕ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD
⚔️ The Hero’s Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3
🌸 Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi
🎠 Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4
❤️Shakespeare’s Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V
🇫🇷 Les Misérables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA
🕯️ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3
🖋️ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt
📖 Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c
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0:00 the tradition of comedy & tragedy
1:30 Molière as titan of French Literature
3:30 my love for the work of Molière
4:30 how to appreciate the plays of Molière
5:00 on the history of French theatre
6:00 drama in the age of King Louis XIV
7:00 Jean-Baptiste Poquelin’s acting career
8:00 comic with the heart of a tragedian
8:30 neoclassical revival of the ancients
10:30 French Renaissance rules for theatre
11:00 alexandrines & French poetry
12:00 tragic conventions & Corneille’s Le Cid
13:00 what was French Renaissance theatre like?
13:30 classical unities of action, time & place
14:30 the value of working within a framework
15:30 dramatic rules from L'Académie française
16:30 difference between tragedy & comedy
17:50 the influence of Commedia dell’arte
18:40 Scaramouche & improvisational comedy
20:00 masks/stock types from Italian theatre
20:50 difference between high & low comedy
21:20 the art of Molière’s character creation
23:30 singular ruling passion of his characters
24:30 the liberation of recognising ourselves
26:00 William Shakespeare vs Molière
26:40 understanding the time of Molière
28:20 a tumultuous era in French History
29:40 King Louis XIV at the Palace of Versailles
31:00 how the Sun King controlled the nobles
32:40 King’s brother as patron of Molière’s troupe
33:30 why the critics attacked Molière
34:30 Molière discovers his talent for comedy
35:30 Sganarelle in The Imaginary Cuckold
36:00 Molière’s understanding of jealousy
38:00 making the audience recognise themselves
38:50 Jean-Baptiste finds freedom on the stage
40:00 Les Précieuses ridicules causes outrage
40:50 satirising the age of the refined salon
42:00 ‘Stop thief! Stop thief! Stop thief!’
43:30 Molière’s mockery of refined society
44:30 banned for being deeply offensive
46:00 The School for Wives & the Comic War
47:00 Molière’s satire offends high society
50:00 how the criticism fuelled Molière
51:00 tuberculosis, depression, hypochondria
52:00 what was Molière’s acting like?
52:30 the scandal caused by Tartuffe
54:00 Molière satirises religious hypocrisy
55:00 ‘Yes, Brother, I am a wicked man, I fear’
57:00 Tartuffe is banned by the authorities
59:00 the character of Alceste in The Misanthrope
1:02:00 ‘the friend of mankind is no friend of mine’
1:04:00 Molière fights to get Tartuffe onstage
1:06:00 the great playwright’s tragic death
1:07:00 Molière changed the world of comedy
1:08:00 recommended translation of Molière
1:09:00 appreciating Richard Wilbur’s Molière
1:10:00 discussing the Molière lecture series
1:12:00 exciting upcoming book club content
1:12:20 what is your experience with Molière?
