L’Avare

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L’Avare is a classic 17th-century comedic play by Molière that satirizes greed through the miserly character of Harpagon.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French play ⓘ
comedy ⓘ
play ⓘ
theatrical work ⓘ
author Molière ⓘ
centuryOfCreation 17th century ⓘ
character Anselme ⓘ
Cléante ⓘ
Frosine ⓘ
Harpagon ⓘ
Mariane ⓘ
Maître Jacques ⓘ
Valère ⓘ
Élise ⓘ
characterTraitOfMainCharacter miserliness ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1668 ⓘ
firstPerformedAt Théâtre du Palais-Royal ⓘ
firstPublisher Parisian publishers of the 17th century ⓘ
form prose ⓘ
genre comedy of manners ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasAdaptation film adaptations ⓘ
stage revivals ⓘ
television adaptations ⓘ
hasSubject arranged marriage ⓘ
parent–child relationships ⓘ
influenced later comedies about misers ⓘ
intendedMedium stage ⓘ
literaryMovement French classical theatre ⓘ
literaryPeriod Classicism ⓘ
mainCharacter Harpagon ⓘ
notableFor portrait of a miser ⓘ
satire of greed ⓘ
numberOfActs 5 ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
originalTitle L’Avare ou l’École du mensonge ⓘ
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partOf Molière’s theatrical canon ⓘ
performanceType spoken drama ⓘ
protagonist Harpagon ⓘ
setting Paris ⓘ
subjectOf literary criticism ⓘ
theme avarice ⓘ
family conflict ⓘ
greed ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
social hypocrisy ⓘ
titleInEnglish The Miser ⓘ
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Molière → notableWork → L’Avare ⓘ
L’Avare → originalTitle → L’Avare ou l’École du mensonge ⓘ
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L’Avare → titleInEnglish → The Miser ⓘ
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Steppenwolf Theatre Company → hasProduction → The Miser ⓘ
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Garrick Theatre → hasProduction → The Miser ⓘ
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Russell Dykstra → notableWork → The Miser ⓘ
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Harpagon → appearsIn → L’Avare ⓘ
Harpagon → appearsIn → The Miser ⓘ
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Élise → appearsIn → L’Avare ⓘ
Élise → appearsIn → The Miser ⓘ
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Élise → fictionalUniverse → L’Avare by Molière ⓘ
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Élise → firstAppearance → L’Avare (1668) ⓘ
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Valère → appearsIn → L’Avare ⓘ
Valère → appearsIn → The Miser ⓘ
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Valère → appearsInAct → Act I of L’Avare ⓘ
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Valère → appearsInAct → Act II of L’Avare ⓘ
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Valère → appearsInAct → Act III of L’Avare ⓘ
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Valère → appearsInAct → Act IV of L’Avare ⓘ
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Valère → appearsInAct → Act V of L’Avare ⓘ
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Frosine → appearsIn → L’Avare ⓘ
Frosine → appearsIn → The Miser ⓘ
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Maître Jacques → appearsIn → L’Avare ⓘ
Maître Jacques → appearsIn → The Miser ⓘ
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Maître Jacques → appearsInAct → Act I of L’Avare ⓘ
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Anselme → appearsIn → L’Avare ⓘ
Anselme → appearsIn → L'Avare ⓘ
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Anselme → firstAppearance → L’Avare (1668) ⓘ
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Anselme → partOfCastOf → L’Avare ⓘ
Mariangela Melato → notableWork → L'avaro (stage role) ⓘ
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Aulularia → inspiredWork → The Miser ⓘ
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