Wich one of these is the best?

[laurentius]

Me and my room mate decided to polish our French language skills by memorizing a French play. Our alternatives are Rhinoceros by Carlo Coldoni, The Miser by Molière or La tete des autres by Marcel Ayme.

Wich one do you think would be the best/most hilarious?

[alva]

Le malade imaginaire by Molière.

[laurentius]

Humm I'm not sure I'm able to lend it from the library....in french

Whats it about?

[alva]

Well, actually it's about Tass.

It's about - loooong time ago I saw the play - about ancient medicine practices and hypochondriacs.

[alva]

http://endeavor.med.nyu.edu/lit-med/lit-med-db/webdocs/webdescrips/moliere1420-des-.html

http://moliere-in-english.com/imaginary.html

[laurentius]

Me and my room mate are planning to perhaps perform these in public later this spring, I already have two Venetian masks for us. So we prefer dialects. That sounds cool though....thanks

[joncha]

Jet engines are the way of the future.

[molly bloom]

I thought 'Rhinoceros' was by Eugene Ionesco?

Isn't Goldoni an Italian playwright- author of 'The Servant of Two Masters' ?


I'd plump for either the Moliere or the Ionesco. I've always enjoyed the Theatre of the Absurd although I do prefer Ionesco's 'La Cantatrice Chauve', or 'The Bald Prima Donna' as it's known in Great Britain.

Moliere always makes me laugh. I can hardly believe he was really 100% French. I think he must have had an Irish ancestor somewhere. I loved 'Le Malade Imaginaire'- I laughed so hard I had a stitch.

[laurentius]

Oh yeah I mixed those up...Thats what you get when your drunk and try to remember things...

[BeBMan]

Originally posted by alva
Well, actually it's about Tass.

It's about - loooong time ago I saw the play - about ancient medicine practices and hypochondriacs.