The
Bourgeois Gentleman
1996
Encore Press edition
Translation published by, and rights available from Encore
Performance Publishing. Production directed at UC Irvine,
1986.
Review
excerpts
“A
real triumph… one’s biggest complaint is that the
show couldn’t run longer,” --Irvine World News
“Moliere’s
great comedy has been translated and adapted by Robert Cohen
in a way that preserves the original’s comic tone while
updating the topical references for the benefit of modern audiences.
Cohen’s translation allows Moliere’s wit to shine
through unimpeded. The result should be attractive to …theater
groups wanting to stage this classic comedy, but uncertain at
dealing with one of the older, less performance-friendly translations.”
--Stage Direction
“thoroughly
enjoyable… [with] side-splitting performances,”
-- New University
