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The Miser

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The Miser (L'Avare) is a five-act comedy in prose by the French playwright Molière. [1]

38 relations: Aulularia, Caedmon Audio, Comédie-Française, Comedy, Commedia dell'arte, Dowry, Dutch East Indies, François le Métel de Boisrobert, French language, Gennaro Astarita, Giacomo Cordella, Giovanni Bertati, Greenwood Publishing Group, Hardeep Singh Kohli, Henry Fielding, Jean Donneau de Visé, Jovan Sterija Popović, Kingdom of Naples, L'Avare (film), L'avaro (Anfossi), Latin, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Louis de Funès, Louis XIV of France, Malay language, McGraw-Hill Education, Miser, Molière, Pasquale Anfossi, Plautus, Scots language, Serbia, Théâtre du Palais-Royal (rue Saint-Honoré), Theater District, Manhattan, Theatre Night, Thomas Shadwell, Tonino Cervi, Vasily Pashkevich.

Aulularia

Aulularia is a Latin play by the early Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus.

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Caedmon Audio

Caedmon Audio and HarperCollins Audio are record label imprints of HarperCollins Publishers specialising in audiobooks and other literary content.

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Comédie-Française

The Comédie-Française or Théâtre-Français is one of the few state theatres in France and is considered the oldest still-active theatre in the world.

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Comedy

In a modern sense, comedy (from the κωμῳδία, kōmōidía) refers to any discourse or work generally intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, television, film, stand-up comedy, or any other medium of entertainment.

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Commedia dell'arte

(comedy of the profession) was an early form of professional theatre, originating from Italy, that was popular in Europe from the 16th through the 18th century.

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Dowry

A dowry is a transfer of parental property, gifts or money at the marriage of a daughter.

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Dutch East Indies

The Dutch East Indies (or Netherlands East-Indies; Nederlands(ch)-Indië; Hindia Belanda) was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia.

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François le Métel de Boisrobert

François le Métel de Boisrobert (1 August 1592 – 30 March 1662) was a French poet, playwright, and courtier.

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French language

French (le français or la langue française) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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Gennaro Astarita

Gennaro Astarita (also spelled Astaritta) (c.1745–49 – 18 December 1805) was an Italian composer, mainly of operas.

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Giacomo Cordella

Giacomo Cordella (Naples, 25 July 1786 – Naples, 8 May 1847) was an Italian composer.

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Giovanni Bertati

Giovanni Bertati (10 July 1735 – December 1815) was an Italian librettist.

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Greenwood Publishing Group

ABC-CLIO/Greenwood is an educational and academic publisher (middle school through university level) which is today part of ABC-CLIO.

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Hardeep Singh Kohli

Hardeep Singh Kohli (born 21 January 1969) is a British presenter of Sikh heritage who has appeared on radio and television.

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Henry Fielding

Henry Fielding (22 April 1707 – 8 October 1754) was an English novelist and dramatist known for his rich, earthy humour and satirical prowess, and as the author of the picaresque novel Tom Jones.

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Jean Donneau de Visé

Jean Donneau de Visé (1638 – 8 July 1710) was a French journalist, royal historian ("historiographe du roi"), playwright and publicist.

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Jovan Sterija Popović

Jovan Sterija Popović (Јован Стерија Поповић; 13 January 1806 – 10 March 1856) was a Serbian playwright, poet and pedagogue who taught at the Belgrade Higher School.

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Kingdom of Naples

The Kingdom of Naples (Regnum Neapolitanum; Reino de Nápoles; Regno di Napoli) comprised that part of the Italian Peninsula south of the Papal States between 1282 and 1816.

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L'Avare (film)

L'Avare is a 1980 French comedy film written and directed by Louis de Funès and Jean Girault, and starring de Funès.

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L'avaro (Anfossi)

L'avaro ("The Miser"), is an opera (dramma giocoso) in three acts composed by Pasquale Anfossi.

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Latin

Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City.

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Louis de Funès

Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza (31 July 1914 – 27 January 1983) was a popular French actor and one of the giants of French comedy alongside Bourvil and Fernandel.

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Louis XIV of France

Louis XIV (Louis Dieudonné; 5 September 16381 September 1715), known as Louis the Great (Louis le Grand) or the Sun King (Roi Soleil), was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who reigned as King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715.

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Malay language

Malay (Bahasa Melayu بهاس ملايو) is a major language of the Austronesian family spoken in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.

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McGraw-Hill Education

McGraw-Hill Education (MHE) is a learning science company and one of the "big three" educational publishers that provides customized educational content, software, and services for pre-K through postgraduate education.

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Miser

A miser is a person who is reluctant to spend, sometimes to the point of forgoing even basic comforts and some necessities, in order to hoard money or other possessions.

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Molière

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière (15 January 162217 February 1673), was a French playwright, actor and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and universal literature.

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Pasquale Anfossi

Pasquale Anfossi (5 April 1727 – February 1797) was an Italian opera composer.

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Plautus

Titus Maccius Plautus (c. 254 – 184 BC), commonly known as Plautus, was a Roman playwright of the Old Latin period.

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Scots language

Scots is the Germanic language variety spoken in Lowland Scotland and parts of Ulster (where the local dialect is known as Ulster Scots).

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Serbia

Serbia (Србија / Srbija),Pannonian Rusyn: Сербия; Szerbia; Albanian and Romanian: Serbia; Slovak and Czech: Srbsko,; Сърбия.

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Théâtre du Palais-Royal (rue Saint-Honoré)

The Théâtre du Palais-Royal (or Salle du Palais-Royal) on the rue Saint-Honoré in Paris was a theatre in the east wing of the Palais-Royal, which opened on 14 January 1641 with a performance of Jean Desmarets' tragicomedy Mirame.

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Theater District, Manhattan

New York City's Theater District (sometimes spelled Theatre District, and officially zoned as the "Theater Subdistrict") is an area in Midtown Manhattan where most Broadway theaters are located, as well as many other theaters, movie theaters, restaurants, hotels, and other places of entertainment.

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Theatre Night

Theatre Night is the umbrella title under which adaptations of classic and contemporary stage plays were usually broadcast on BBC 2 between 15 September 1985 and 21 July 1990.

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Thomas Shadwell

Thomas Shadwell (c. 1642 – 19 November 1692) was an English poet and playwright who was appointed poet laureate in 1689.

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Tonino Cervi

Tonino Cervi (4 June 1929 – 1 April 2002) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and producer.

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Vasily Pashkevich

Vasily Alexeyevich Pashkevich also Paskevich (Васи́лий Алексе́евич Пашке́вич or Паске́вич) (c. 1742 – March 20, 1797 in St. Petersburg) was a Russian composer, singer, violinist and teacher who lived during the time of Catherine the Great.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Miser

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