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• W2579713096 abstract "Moliere's The Misanthrope Denver Center Theatre Company October 14-November 13, 2004The Denver Center Theatre Company uses Richard Wilber's aptly phrased and rhyming translation of the Misanthrope in an elegantly staged and dressed production directed by Nagle Jackson. The dominant piece of stage furniture is a large oval bed, covered with a charming Neiman Marcus style bedspread and with cupids and sparkling chandeliers hanging over it. The bed appears at the beginning of Act II and stays on stage thereafter, and to one's surprise, that act which introduces Celimene, depicts her comfortably cuddled up in the bed with Alceste, the pair eating chocolates and giving every appearance of post-coital relaxation. Inevitably, the squabble over Celimene possible infidelities that develops has the intimacy of an established lovers' quarrel: Celimene hunches her shoulders and reads a book while Alceste rants. In the programme notes, the director explains his view of the play, stating that Alceste is:ruled by his ... testosterone. It is what endears him to us. All his lofty ideals dissolve in the sweet surroundings of the boudoir. That is why in this production, the love-bed dominates the stage, indeed nearly becomes the stage.This interpretation is certainly modern with its indication that behind every man's great ideals lurks sexual folly; however, it also grossly simplifies and distorts the entire play. The director relates his interpretation to Mo Here's personal life and his recent marriage to the much younger Armande Bejart. Moliere took the role of Alceste, just as he took all the leading roles in the plays he wrote. The theme of an older man comically infatuated with a younger woman is common to many of his plays-and generally to the period's literature-this time the topic may have been wryly self-referential, but no more so than in any other play.First performed in 1666, the Misanthrope most obviously can be related to the ongoing struggles Moliere was having over Tartuffe, banned by the king in 1664 and only finally staged after numerous revisions in 1669. The combined forces of the devots and the more powerful and secret Compagnie du Saint-Sacrement kept the play off the boards, and turned Moliere into a constant petitioner as he tried to save Tartuffe. In autobiographical terms, the Misanthrope reflects the constant pressure to present cases at court or the law courts (both Alceste and Celimene have cases pending), the need to flatter and cultivate powerful people, and the dangerous consequences when you do not-Orante's outrage when his sonnet is ridiculed by Alceste. The pressure to play social politics to survive, let alone prosper, fuels Alceste's fury, as well as demonstrating the self-destructive folly of his fury.Alceste's love for, or infatuation with Celimene does not need explaining since in itself it offers an explanation of Alceste's character and character flaws. His honesty is both admirable and ridiculous and any production that fails to keep one on a see-saw of admiration and exasperation has failed. His passion for Celimene and neglect of what would seem to be his obvious, and willing partner, Eliante, reveal the monstrous egotism that also fuels his self-righteous denunciations. He is self-deluding, and because he desires the flirtatious (and malicious) Celimene, he wishes her to be the upright woman of his dreams. Alceste is unrealistic, and more than that, arrogant in his refusal to play by the rules of the game in either social or personal life.An Alceste who is having an affaire with Celimene. totally at home in that huge dominating bed in the Denver production-would be a successful Alceste whose surly manners and self-satisfied rectitude were justified: the women all adore him from Elainte to Arsinoe, and the prettiest of the lot cuddles up in bed with him-and lets him keep his clothes in her wardrobe (an essential extra stage property of the Denver production since Alceste has to get out of bet from time to time). …" @default.
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