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The Miser

by Molière from 1668

About

Molière's L'Avare (1668) is his most sustained assault on a single ruling passion: Harpagon is so obsessed with his money that he undermines everything else in his life, including his children's happiness. The play draws on Plautus's Aulularia but intensifies the comic horror of the miser's obsession — Harpagon's famous scene discovering his cashbox has been stolen is one of the great pieces of comic acting in the repertoire. The play has a peculiar darkness beneath its farce: Molière's portrait of how greed hollows out a human being is almost Dickensian in its severity.

Translated from the original French.

ComedyFarceBaroqueAbsurdFarcicalSardonicen

The Miser

Characters
13
Words
19.5k
Acts
5
Scenes
6
Duration
~2 hr 26 min

Characters

#CharacterPlayerLines
1
HAR
—
359
2
CLE
—
167
3
VAL
—
105
4
JAC
—
88
5
LA FL
—
66
6
FRO
—
63
7
ELI
—
51
8
MAR
—
32

40 sections

19.5k words
#TitleWords
Act I
1
Act I. Scene I.—VALÈRE, ÉLISE.
1k7:34
2
Act I. Scene II.—CLÉANTE, ÉLISE,
8966:43
3
Act I. Scene III.—HARPAGON, LA FLÈCHE.
7745:48
4
Act I. Scene V.—HARPAGON, ÉLISE _and_ CLÉANTE _are seen talking together at
1.1k8:06
5
Act I. Scene VI.—HARPAGON, ÉLISE.
3072:18
6
Act I. Scene VII.—VALÈRE, HARPAGON, ÉLISE.
5073:48
7
Act I. Scene VIII.—ÉLISE, VALÈRE.
2131:36
8
Act I. Scene IX—HARPAGON, ÉLISE, VALÈRE.
1611:12
9
Act I. Scene X.—HARPAGON, VALÈRE.
1601:12
Act II
10
Act II. Scene I.—CLÉANTE, LA FLÈCHE.
8806:36
11
Act II. Scene II.—HARPAGON, MR. SIMON (CLÉANTE _and_ LA FLÈCHE _at the back
2992:15
12
Act II. Scene III.—HARPAGON, CLÉANTE.
2051:32
13
Act II. Scene IV.—FROSINE, HARPAGON.
230:10
14
Act II. Scene V.—LA FLÈCHE, FROSINE.
4443:20
15
Act II. Scene VI.—HARPAGON, FROSINE.
2k15:02
Act III
16
Act III. Scene I.—HARPAGON, CLÉANTE, ÉLISE, VALÈRE, DAME CLAUDE (_holding a
1150:52
17
Act III. Scene II.—HARPAGON, CLÉANTE, ÉLISE, VALÈRE, MASTER JACQUES,
1681:16
18
Act III. Scene III.—HARPAGON, CLÉANTE, ÉLISE, VALÈRE, MASTER JACQUES.
650:29
19
Act III. Scene IV.—HARPAGON, CLÉANTE, VALÈRE, MASTER JACQUES.
1591:12
20
Act III. Scene V.—HARPAGON, VALÈRE, MASTER JACQUES.
1.3k10:04
21
Act III. Scene VI.—VALÈRE, MASTER JACQUES.
3192:24
22
Act III. Scene VII.—MARIANNE, FROSINE, MASTER JACQUES.
260:12
23
Act III. Scene VIII.—MARIANNE, FROSINE.
3652:44
24
Act III. Scene IX.—HARPAGON, MARIANNE, FROSINE.
1180:53
25
Act III. Scene X.—HARPAGON, ÉLISE, MARIANNE, FROSINE.
8176:08
26
Scene XII.—HARPAGON, MARIANNE, ÉLISE, CLÉANTE, VALÈRE, FROSINE.
3292:28
27
Scene XIII.—HARPAGON, MARIANNE, ÉLISE, VALÈRE, FROSINE, BRINDAVOINE.
420:19
28
Scene XIV.—HARPAGON, MARIANNE, ÉLISE, CLÉANTE, FROSINE, LA MERLUCHE.
920:41
29
Scene XV.—HARPAGON, VALÈRE.
410:18
Act IV
30
Act IV. Scene I.—CLÉANTE, MARIANNE, ÉLISE, FROSINE.
8916:41
31
Act IV. Scene II.—HARPAGON, MARIANNE, ÉLISE, FROSINE.
750:34
32
Act IV. Scene III.—HARPAGON, CLÉANTE.
7845:53
33
Act IV. Scene IV.—HARPAGON, CLÉANTE, MASTER JACQUES.
6164:37
34
Act IV. Scene V.—HARPAGON, CLÉANTE.
2651:59
35
Act IV. Scene VI.—CLÉANTE, LA FLÈCHE.
730:33
Act V
36
Act V. Scene I.—HARPAGON, A POLICE OFFICER.
1881:25
37
Act V. Scene II.—HARPAGON, THE POLICE OFFICER, MASTER JACQUES.
6665:00
38
Act V. Scene III.—HARPAGON, THE POLICE OFFICER, VALÈRE, MASTER JACQUES.
1.4k10:19
39
Scene V.—ANSELME, HARPAGON, ÉLISE, MARIANNE, FROSINE, VALÈRE, THE
1.2k9:01
40
Scene VI.—HARPAGON, ANSELME, ÉLISE, MARIANNE, CLÉANTE, VALÈRE,
4283:13

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