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The Impostures of Scapin

by Molière from 1671

About

Les Fourberies de Scapin (1671) is Molière's most purely farcical creation: the valet Scapin schemes and lies on behalf of two young men in love over their fathers' objections, using a sack as a prop in what became one of the most famous pieces of physical comedy in the French theater. Molière drew on commedia dell'arte and Terence for the material. Nicolas Boileau disapproved; Molière scholars have sometimes been embarrassed by its lowness. But the play has been loved by audiences continuously since 1671 and is among the most reliable of his comedies for sheer laughter, particularly in performance.

ComedyFarceBaroqueFarcicalAbsurdPlayfulen

The Impostures of Scapin

Characters
10
Words
13.7k
Acts
3
Scenes
3
Duration
~1 hr 43 min

Characters

#CharacterPlayerLines
1
SCA
—
281
2
GER
—
126
3
ARG
—
121
4
OCT
—
74
5
LEA
—
63
6
SIL
—
55
7
ZER
—
26
8
HYA
—
15

32 sections

13.7k words
#TitleWords
Act I
1
Act I. Scene I.—OCTAVE, SILVESTRE.
3282:28
2
Act I. Scene II.—OCTAVE, SCAPIN, SILVESTRE.
1.4k10:11
3
Act I. Scene III.—HYACINTHA, OCTAVE, SCAPIN, SILVESTRE.
4893:40
4
Act I. Scene IV.—OCTAVE, SCAPIN, SILVESTRE.
3062:18
5
Act I. Scene V.—SCAPIN, SILVESTRE.
320:14
6
Act I. Scene VI.—ARGANTE, SCAPIN, SILVESTRE
1.2k9:18
7
Act I. Scene VII.—SCAPIN, SYLVESTRE.
1621:13
Act II
8
Act II. Scene I.—GÉRONTE, ARGANTE.
3612:42
9
Act II. Scene II.—GÉRONTE (_alone_).
620:28
10
Act II. Scene III—GÉRONTE, LÉANDRE.
2431:49
11
Act II. Scene IV.—LÉANDRE (_alone_).
500:23
12
Act II. Scene V.—OCTAVE, LÉANDRE, SCAPIN.
7355:31
13
Act II. Scene VI.—LÉANDRE, OCTAVE, CARLE, SCAPIN.
680:31
14
Act II. Scene VII.—LÉANDRE, OCTAVE, SCAPIN.
4483:22
15
Act II. Scene VIII.—ARGANTE, SCAPIN.
1.5k11:06
16
Act II. Scene IX.—ARGANTE, SCAPIN, SILVESTRE, _dressed out as a bravo_.
4273:12
17
Act II. Scene X.—ARGANTE, SCAPIN.
3112:20
18
Act II. Scene XI.—GÉRONTE, SCAPIN.
9597:12
19
Act II. Scene XII.-OCTAVE, LÉANDRE, SCAPIN.
1461:06
Act III
20
Act III. Scene I.—ZERBINETTE, HYACINTHA, SCAPIN, SILVESTRE.
8206:09
21
Act III. Scene II.—GÉRONTE, SCAPIN.
1.2k9:15
22
Act III. Scene III.—ZERBINETTE, GÉRONTE.
9687:16
23
Act III. Scene IV.—ZERBINETTE, SILVESTRE.
1220:55
24
Act III. Scene V.—ARGANTE, ZERBINETTE, SILVESTRE.
120:05
25
Act III. Scene VI.—ARGANTE, SILVESTRE.
760:34
26
Act III. Scene VII.-GÉRONTE, ARGANTE, SILVESTRE.
2121:35
27
Act III. Scene VIII.—ARGANTE, GÉRONTE, NÉRINE, SILVESTRE.
1651:14
28
Act III. Scene IX.—SCAPIN, SILVESTRE.
1200:54
29
Act III. Scene X.—GÉRONTE, ARGANTE, HYACINTHA, ZERBINETTE, NÉRINE, SILVESTRE.
3662:45
30
Scene XII.-ARGANTE, GÉRONTE, LÉANDRE, OCTAVE, HYACINTHA, ZERBINETTE,
1050:47
31
Scene XIII.—ARGANTE, GÉRONTE, LÉANDRE, OCTAVE, HYACINTHA,
720:32
32
Scene XIV.—ARGANTE, GÉRONTE, LÉANDRE, OCTAVE, HYACINTHA, ZERBINETTE,
2371:47

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