Chatsky & l'Avare: Two Plays by Anthony Burgess

by Alexander Griboyedov and Molière

Anthony Burgess was an energetic writer and composer, but his work for the stage is not as well known as it deserves to be. In Two Plays, we see him tackling major monuments of French and Russian theatre: The Miser by Moli?re and Chatsky by Alexander Griboyedov.

Miser, Miser! is a bold reworking of Moli?re's classic comedy of 1668. Harpagon the miser is hoarding a pile of gold, which he has buried in his garden. As he tries to sell off his...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1914228316
• ISBN13: 9781914228315
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Salamander Street Ltd.
• Length: 200 Pages