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.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
The Miser 3
L’Avare canonical 1
L’Avare ou l’École du mensonge 1

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Statements (48)

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 self-linksurface differs
surface form: L’Avare ou l’École du mensonge
partOf Molière’s theatrical canon
performanceType spoken drama
protagonist Harpagon
setting Paris
subjectOf literary criticism
theme avarice
family conflict
greed
marriage
social hypocrisy
titleInEnglish L’Avare self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Miser

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Molière notableWork L’Avare
L’Avare originalTitle L’Avare self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: L’Avare ou l’École du mensonge
L’Avare titleInEnglish L’Avare self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Miser
Steppenwolf Theatre Company hasProduction L’Avare
this entity surface form: The Miser
Garrick Theatre hasProduction L’Avare
this entity surface form: The Miser