How to lose friends and infuriate people!
Disgusted with French society, where powdered fops gossip in code and be-jewelled coquettes whisper behind fans, poet Alceste embarks on a one-man crusade against fakery, frippery and forked tongues.
But could the woman he adores be the worst culprit of them all? And in this rarefied world will his revolution prove merely revolting…?
Following the huge success of Tartuffe and The Hypochondriac, The Misanthrope reunites the dream team of Molière, McGough and Bodinetz for this mockery of manners and morals set amid 17th century French aristocracy.
Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse and English Touring Theatre
Michael Taylor’s designs are a witty interpretation of the 17th-century French style
The Telegraph
Guaranteed to lift your spirits and keep them high… The best tonic
The Mail on Sunday
CAST

Neil Caple
Dubois

Simon Coates
Philinte

Leander Deeny
Clitandre

Daniel Goode
Oronte

Alison Pargeter
Eliante

George Potts
Acaste

Zara Tempest-Walters
Celimene

Colin Tierney
Alceste

Harvey Virdi
Arsinoe
COMPANY
Roger McGough after Moliere
Writer
Gemma Bodinetz
Director
Michael Taylor
Designer
Paul Keogan
Lighting Designer
Fergus O’Hare
Sound Designer
Peter Coyte
Music
Ginny Schiller CDG
Casting Director
Charlotte Broom
Choreographer
Matthew Xia
Assistant Director