why was moliere such a genius?on what you mean by genius, but i think you probably have three reasons that you generally accept as constituting moliere's genius. you mentioned the first, really. his manipulation of the french language, as we do refer to french now is the language of moliere. the fact that he is able to have in the same play the diction of the peasants along with the language of the marquis is the ability to bring those two together and comic contrast is still as potent as it was when he first wrote. the second would be his stagecraft. he was an actor-playwright, like shakespeare. he understood what audiences wanted. it was a litmus test. did they laugh? if they didn't, they wouldn't come back. thirdly, what is most significant, the three-dimensional characters he has left us with, which have not diminished in importance since he first wrote. these are basically constructed around the fundamental traits of human nature, greatness and misery. these are great aspirations to go beyond themselves as the

it's the 400th anniversary of moliere's baptism, his birth date isn't known.he catholic church. the play was censored after its first performance in 1664. although he is considered the father of french theatre, his influence has been felt across the world. including here in the uk. aneel gupta, the bafta—winning writer and executive producer behind the office and also citizen khan and the kumars at number a2. aneel, you adapted the story of ta rtuffe into a play about a british—pakistani family in modern—day birmingham. how does that work? amazingly, it works quite well. the rsc had the idea, i think because obviously as you mentioned, the original play was an incredibly dangerous piece of work and you could have got killed for doing that sort of thing in 17th—century france where it was, as with a lot of great comedy, walking on a very thin tightrope, in terms of taste and what the public were prepared to accept. so, i think the feeling was that perhaps over the 400 years, it had lost some of its edge and by reframing it in this context of a pakistani muslim

it's the four hundredth anniversary of moliere's baptism; his birthdate isn't known.including here in the uk. earlier the bbc spoke to bafta—winning aneel gupta, the man behind famous comedies including the office and citizan khan. he told us about his experience adapting moliere's play tartuffe into a story about a british—pakistani family in modern—day birmingham. i was expecting, i was thinking a 400—year—old french comedy, those aren't things that go together, in my mind. so, i was very pleasantly surprised at how funny i found it, actually, and a realjoy of it and the real genius of moliere is the comic structure. you know, when you are constructing a farce, which this is, essentially, the comic structure. you know, when you are constructing a farce, which this is, essentially, it is an incredibly intricate and very difficult and precise thing to do, and what we realised when we read the original plate —— to do, and what we realised when we read the original play was that structure is absolutely watertight. it is a gold—plated structure and we really didn't chang

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