 Event |
Les Femmes Savantes
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| Venue |
Victoria University of Wellington, Memorial Theatre, Kelburn, Wellington, New Zealand |
| First Date |
15 May 1967 |
| Last Date |
16 May 1967 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Part of a Tour |
Yes |
| Description |
Moliere chose hs victims among universal types that abound in any age. So there is nothing anachronistic about his pedantic women, his conceited poetasters, his domineering wife, his hen-pecked husband. And the 20th centruy set with clothes from the Paris equivalent of Carnaby Street helped to bring home how much the 17th century remains relevant today….Her, obviously, was a cranky, gadget-happy household dabbling indiscriminately in all the arts and sciences, ready victims for the first charlatan to come along. He duly turns up in the person of Trissotin, the 'bel esprit', as vain as he is fake, and he basks in the adulation of the blue-stocking ladies. |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Comedy
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Text Nationality |
France
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| Production Nationality |
France
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| Further Information |
Performed in French. 'Treteau' means a trestle - on the boards of which actors perform. International. Company from France on a brief visit. Also performed for the Auckland Festival, along with the other play in their touring repertoire, Antigone.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Set |
Theatre Aotearoa |
| Event Identifier |
192080 |
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