First performed in Paris in 1666; The Misanthrope is one of Moliegrave;rersquo;s great comic masterpieces. Exasperated by the corruption of society; the cynical but noble Alceste wrestles with his love for the wordly and coquettish Ceacute;limegrave;ne.This version of The Misanthrope was first performed at the Piccadilly Theatre; London; by The Peter Hall Company; starring Michael Pennington; Elaine Paige; and Peter Bowles. Ranjit Bolt has translated many of the worldrsquo;s masterpieces of theatre including works by Sophocles; Goldoni; Corneille; Beaumarchais and Brecht. His highly successful translation of Moliegrave;rersquo;s The School for Wives (The Peter Hall Company) ran in the West End for six months.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. the arts (especially fine arts) carry an air of exclusivity or absurdityBy S. Lee**teetered between 3.75 and 4 stars. I relinquished at 4 because of her proposed methodology; which is by far the most interesting development.Cecilia Gonzaacute;lez-Andrieu; named as one of Americas promising theologians; embarks on an ambitious theological exploration in methodology connecting art; experience; beauty; wonder; and gospel. Prior to modernism; the arts and the religious were intimately intertwined. Yet now; the arts (especially fine arts) carry an air of exclusivity or absurdity: either it is incomprehensible or ridiculous. Rather than abandoning the sector in its entirety; Gonzaacute;lez-Andrieu proposes an immersive theological dialogue between the art; the artist; the viewer; and the viewers community. What this enterprise demand is; first; expanding arts beyond fine arts to include creative works or arrangements by an individual(s) for a community(s). Then; the receiving community engages with the art and critically analyzes beyond the mere initial "love or hate (or dont get)" reactions. What this communal-theological exercise does is to create a bridge to wonder (asombrado); which beauty mixed with the good and the true. On this bridge to wonder; we experience wonder through beauty--we experience God; who is Wonder and Beauty.cf. sooholee.wordpress.15 of 15 people found the following review helpful. Bridge-building BookBy MoxieThis book is for anyone who has experienced beauty in art and wants to more fully understand the connections to faith. Referring to the thought of theologian Avery Dulles; the author stresses the power of revelatory symbols which mediate Gods self-communication. She maintains that one of the tasks of art is to create revelatory wonder. Bringing to my mind William James and making room for the richness of multiple interpretations and mystery not as enigma but as ineffability; Gonzalez-Andrieu will not appeal to fundamentalists. However this book is bridge-building between Catholics and Protestants who share a nuanced style of discourse. My favorite sentences in the whole book are: "The Christian tradition affirms that Jesus Christ teaches us how to be fully human. The beautiful in art can move our heart at its depths; bringing us to a state in which we are open to seeing Christ and imagining the reign of God he came to usher in." She goes on to say that art interprets humanity to the human. My sense is that her understanding of art as disclosure converges or in the authors concept braids with the thought of a Protestant theologian; the late Roger Hazelton. He was a professor of theology at Andover Newton Theological School. In his book titled A Theological Approach to Art (Abingdon Press; 1967) he discussed art as disclosure. However; as might be expected the author of Bridge to Wonder writes with Catholic sensibilities. Religious temperament is important to note because Protestant and Catholic readers may have very different foundational experiences of beauty in art and in life. Gonzalez-Andrieus early experience of the beautiful in art came at age six when she contemplated images of Calvary in a church in Cuba her native land. In contrast my first experience of revelatory beauty came to me at age three and a half. My mother was dying from leukemia. Light shone through cobalt blue vases on the window sill and comforted me; speaking in a non-verbal parable of grace. Are vases art? (Maybe not; maybe yes) But color is one of the basic art elements that can speak when pictorial images are not present. Starting points vary yet there is much to learn and share along the way. There will be discoveries with more reading about art and more looking with discernment and heart-openness to revelatory insight received through the senses and imagination. Therefore this book is indeed for people of many churches who want to explore the theological dimensions of art. The art may be celebratory or prophetic; challenging or comforting; showing the incongruous beauty of suffering or loveliness of joy; yet with deepest import revelatory of compassion and good will to neighbors. Sincerely; Sharon