The Learned Ladies

Release Date: 2003-01-01

Overview: The Learned Ladies is a comedy by Molière in five acts, written in verse. A satire on academic pretension, female education, and préciosité (French for preciosity), it was one of his most popular comedies and the last of his great plays in verse. The character Trissotin, the main antagonist, is a caricature of Charles Cotin, an adversary of Nicolas Boileau and Molière, who both saw him as the perfect example of a pedantic scholar and mediocre scribbler.

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Cast

Yves Gasc

as Trissotin

Catherine Samie

as Bélise

Alain Pralon

as Chrysale

Claire Vernet

as Philaminte

Gérard Giroudon

as Vadius