Monsieur De Pourceaugnac
by Molière
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Monsieur de Pourceaugnacis a three-act comedy-ballet in prose.Two young Parisian lovers, Éraste and Julie, met in secret for fear that Julie's father, Oronte, discovers their relationship. Oronte has promised his daughter to Monsieur de Pourceaugnac, a bourgeois of Limoges. The lovers seek a solution that will allow Julie to escape the marriage. For this they use a matchmaker Nérine and a Napolitan cheat Sbrigani. When Monsieur de Pourceaugnac arrives, they do everything to ridicule him, to make it look like he’s crazy, to make it look like he’s somebody with many debts ... And when that doesn...
Chapters (48)
- MONSIEUR DE POURCEAUGNAC.
- MOLIÈRE
- TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH PROSE. WITH A SHORT INTRODUCTION AND EXPLANATORY NOTES. BY
- CHARLES HERON WALL
- PERSONS REPRESENTED.
- ACT I.
- SCENE I.——ÉRASTE, A LADY SINGER, TWO MEN SINGERS, several others performing on instruments, DANCERS.
- SCENE II.——A LADY SINGER, TWO MEN SINGERS, several others performing on instruments, DANCERS.
- SCENE III.——JULIA, ÉRASTE, NÉRINE.
- SCENE IV.——JULIA, ÉRASTE, SBRIGANI, NÉRINE.
- SCENE V.——MR. DE POURCEAUGNAC, SBRIGANI.
- SCENE VI.——ÉRASTE, MR. DE POURCEAUGNAC, SBRIGANI.
- SCENE VII.——ÉRASTE, AN APOTHECARY.
- SCENE VIII.——ÉRASTE, 1ST PHYSICIAN, APOTHECARY, COUNTRYMAN, COUNTRYWOMAN.
- SCENE IX.——ÉRASTE, 1ST PHYSICIAN, APOTHECARY.
- SCENE X.——MR. DE POURCEAUGNAC, ÉRASTE, 1ST PHYSICIAN, APOTHECARY.
- SCENE XI.——MR. DE POURCEAUGNAC, 1ST PHYSICIAN, 2ND PHYSICIAN, APOTHECARY.
- SCENE XII.——MR. DE POURCEAUGNAC (alone).
- SCENE XIII.——MR. DE POURCEAUGNAC, TWO PHYSICIANS (in grotesque clothes).
- SCENE XIV.——BALLET.
- SCENE XV.——MR. DE POURCEAUGNAC, AN APOTHECARY.
- SCENE XVI.——MR. DE POURCEAUGNAC, AN APOTHECARY, TWO PHYSICIANS (in grotesque clothes).
- ACT II.
- SCENE I.——1ST PHYSICIAN, SBRIGANI.
- SCENE II.——ORONTE, 1ST PHYSICIAN.
- SCENE III.——ORONTE, SBRIGANI as a Flemish merchant.
- SCENE IV.——MR. DE POURCEAUGNAC, SBRIGANI.
- SCENE V.——ORONTE, MR. DE POURCEAUGNAC.
- SCENE VI.——MR. DE POURCEAUGNAC, JULIA, ORONTE.
- SCENE VII.——ORONTE, MR. DE POURCEAUGNAC.
- SCENE VIII.——MR. DR POURCEAUGNAC, ORONTE, LUCETTE.
- SCENE IX.——MR. DE POURCEAUGNAC, NÉRINE, LUCETTE, ORONTE.
- SCENE X.——MR. DE POURCEAUGNAC, ORONTE, LUCETTE, NÉRINE, SEVERAL CHILDREN.
- SCENE XI.——SBRIGANI (alone).
- SCENE XII.——MR. DE POURCEAUGNAC, SBRIGANI.
- SCENE XIII.——MR. DE POURCEAUGNAC, SBRIGANI, TWO LAWYERS, TWO ATTORNEYS, TWO SERGEANTS.
- ACT III.
- SCENE I.——ÉRASTE, SBRIGANI.
- SCENE II.——MR. DE POURCEAUGNAC (as a lady), SBRIGANI.
- SCENE III.——MR. DE POURCEAUGNAC, TWO SWISS.
- SCENE IV.——MR. DE POURCEAUGNAC, THREE POLICE OFFICERS, TWO SWISS.
- SCENE V.——MR. DE POURCEAUGNAC, THREE POLICE OFFICERS.
- SCENE VI.——MR. DE POURCEAUGNAC, SBRIGANI, THREE POLICE OFFICERS.
- SCENE VII.——MR. DE POURCEAUGNAC, SBRIGANI, A POLICE OFFICER.
- SCENE VIII.——ORONTE, SBRIGANI.
- SCENE IX.——ORONTE, ÉRASTE, JULIA, SBRIGANI.
- SCENE X.——A BALLET
- FOOTNOTES
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