Author: Molire
Narrator: HUSBANDS: Brian Bedford
Unabridged: 2 hr 1 min
Format: Digital Audiobook
Publisher: Findaway
Published: 08/18/2010
Genre: Drama - Continental European
Molire wrote some of the most durable and penetrating comedies of all time. The Imaginary Cuckold and The School for Husbands are two of his grand farces of marriage and misunderstanding, one set in Paris and the other in the provinces. In The School for Husbands, a tyrannical husband-to-be seeks to isolate his ward, while unwittingly carrying her messages of devotion to her lover. In The Imaginary Cuckold an enraged husband imagines his wife is unfaithful, but is reluctant to defend his honor. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: The School for Husbands: Brian Bedford, Emily Bergl, Dakin Matthews, Juliet Mills, Christopher Neame, Lloyd Owen, Alan Shearman, Rhashan Stone and Olivia Williams. The Imaginary Cuckold: Brian Bedford, Dakin Matthews, Christopher Neame, Moira Quirk, Darren Richardson, Carolyn Seymour, Alan Shearman and Joanne Whalley. Coauthors: Translated By Richard Wilbur
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