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The School for Wives and The Learned Ladies, by Moliere: Two comedies in an acclaimed translation.
The School for Wives and The Learned Ladies by Moliere Two comedies in an acclaimed translation Author:Richard Wilbur The School for Wives concerns an insecure man who contrives to show the world how to rig an infallible alliance by marrying the perfect bride; The Learned Ladies centers on the domestic calamities wrought by a domineering woman upon her husband, children, and household. “Wilbur...makes Molière into as great an English verse playwrig... more »ht as he was a French one” (John Simon, New York). Introductions by Richard Wilbur.« less