The criticism of the "school of women"

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The criticism of the "School of Women" ( French La Critique de l'École des femmes ) is a one-act comedy by the French poet Molière . It premiered on June 1, 1663 in the Palais Royal in Paris , around five months after the premiere of Molière's five-act act The School of Women .

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The piece is preceded by a dedication to Queen Mother Anna of Austria .

Two women, Uranie (alluding to muse Urania ) and Elise, receive guests in the Uranie's salon . There is a lively discussion of Molière's “School of Women”, with critics and supporters of the play equally speaking.

The prudish Climene representative of preciousness , sees the play the shame injured. The learned Lysidas, in whom an allusion to Thomas Corneille is suspected, is, however, bothered by the lack of observance of the academic rules of the regular drama . The "Marquis" has just come out of the theater performance, but has not seen the play at all and criticizes it out of sheer self-righteousness.

Dorante appears as Molière's spokesman. He defends the play against its critics and emphasizes the advantages of the character comedy compared to the classic tragedy :

In fact, I find that it is much easier to create great emotions, to challenge Fortuna in verse, to denounce fate and to curse the gods than to adequately deal with human ridiculousness and pleasantly reproduce common mistakes on stage.

The play ends with the servant Galopin's announcement that the meal has been served.

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  1. ↑ Original French: Car enfin, je trouve qu'il est bien plus aisé de se guinder sur de grands sentiments, de braver en vers la Fortune, accuser les Destins, et dire des injures aux dieux, que d'entrer comme il faut dans le ridicule des hommes, et de rendre agréablement sur le théâtre les défauts de tout le monde.

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