![]() ![]() Racine owed everything to Molière, but he wrote perfect theatre - together they form an equilateral triangle. ![]() ![]() It was this difference in artistic and political position that gave rise to the legendary conflict regarding L'École des femmes. L'École des femmes made Molière the master of classical comedy. He says that L'École des femmes is the manifesto of classical comedy at its best, and adds that romantic theatre - Victor Hugo - is the death of classical comedy. I have just directed Marion de Lorme, which is set in the 17th century, the time when classical theatre was born … with Corneille the father of classical tragedy. Lacan’s texts about L'École des femmes are among the finest I’ve ever read. " Bernard Noël, in a meeting with his public, admitted that he was extremely pessimistic and added, ‘if there is anything that can save the world, it is diction …’. ![]()
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