About this episode

This episode discusses Molière's comedies and their critique of hypocrisy in French society.

Molière’s famous comedies scandalize Paris and dramatize themes from French moralism, especially the danger of hypocrisy.

People in this episode

Host: Peter Adamson

Topics covered

• Molière
• French moralism
• hypocrisy
• comedy
• theater

Keywords

• Molière
• comedy
• hypocrisy
• French theater
• moralism

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Comedy of Errors

Places: Paris

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