Molière's Cad
by David C. Jones
Blackbird theatre has a well-earned reputation for presenting classic plays often in re-invigorated stagings. They are never indulgent, they are sometimes just finessed - the work revealed in a way that is more engaging for a modern audience.
Molière is a 17th century playwright whose plays – like Shakespeare’s – transcend their time because the themes are not wrapped up in the socio-politics of the period but in more human truths and experiences.
Molière wrote comedies that mocked hypocrisy and pretension, particularly that of the privileged and pious.
Don Juan was written in response to his production of Tartuffe being shut down as being offensive to the church and the king. His witty contempt was hardly disguised and Don Juan was also shut down for artistic heresy.
Molière is a 17th century playwright whose plays – like Shakespeare’s – transcend their time because the themes are not wrapped up in the socio-politics of the period but in more human truths and experiences.
Molière wrote comedies that mocked hypocrisy and pretension, particularly that of the privileged and pious.
Don Juan was written in response to his production of Tartuffe being shut down as being offensive to the church and the king. His witty contempt was hardly disguised and Don Juan was also shut down for artistic heresy.
