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Turcaret

Alain-Rene Lesage author John Norman translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:1st Oct '88

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Fraud, theft, extortion and sexual corruption are the themes in this eighteenth-century masterpiece of French comedy.

Turcaret is generally accepted as one of the best of French comedies, few people in this country cann ever see it... an unjustly neglected foreign classic. * Sunday Telegraph *
...a real discovery...the play is sharp and brisk, and might have been written jointly by Moliere and Goldsmith… * Sunday Time *
a biting social satire...this is the "Serious Money" of its day… * The Guardian *
...it is a fascinating cynical comedy... John Norman's adaptation is full of twentieth century colloquialisms and the piece would probably work well in modern dress... The National Theatre...should now consider staging the play itself. * The Daily Telegraph *
Turcaret is generally accepted as one of the best of French comedies, few people in this country cann ever see it... an unjustly neglected foreign classic. * Sunday Telegraph *
...a real discovery...the play is sharp and brisk, and might have been written jointly by Moliere and Goldsmith… * Sunday Time *
a biting social satire...this is the "Serious Money" of its day… * The Guardian *
...it is a fascinating cynical comedy... John Norman's adaptation is full of twentieth century colloquialisms and the piece would probably work well in modern dress... The National Theatre...should now consider staging the play itself. * The Daily Telegraph *

Turcaret is generally accepted as one of the best of French comedies, few people in this country cann ever see it... an unjustly neglected foreign classic.

* Sunday Telegraph *

...a real discovery...the play is sharp and brisk, and might have been written jointly by Moliere and Goldsmith

* Sunday Times *

ISBN: 9780948230189

Dimensions: 210mm x 130mm x 5mm

Weight: unknown

96 pages