Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (Molière), 2011
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme was commissioned by King Louis XIV in 1670 as a comédie –ballet with a Turkish theme. It is the most famous of Molière and Lully’s combinations of theatre, music and dance. The play is a sharp satire on the social pretensions of Parisian nouveaux-riches. Monsieur Jourdain wishes to acquire the social skills commensurate with his wealth; he employs a number of tutors for this purpose. In his efforts to obtain the favour of a marquise he enlists the help of Dorante, an unscrupulous aristocratic parasite. Monsieur Jourdain refuses snobbishly to allow his daughter Lucile to marry Cléonte because he is not a nobleman, until a charade is organized by Cléonte's servant Covielle in which Cléonte, disguised as the son of the ‘Grand Turc’, marries Lucile, and Monsieur Jourdain is created a ‘mamamouchi’, or Turkish nobleman, in a humiliating ceremony. The play was very popular in Molière's day.
Cast -
Monsieur Jourdain – Erwann Limon
Madame Jourdain – Dani Limon
Lucile – Zoe Robinson
Nicole – Claudine Tourniaire
Cléonte – Tony Conway
Covielle- Sadiq Richardson
Dorimène – Cyrielle Panigot
Dorante – Dorian Fraizy
Maître de musique – Tom Monument
Maître à danser – Maria Kivinen
Maître d’armes – Nathalie Kail
Maître de philosophie – Ilse Van der Velden
Maître tailleur – Amélie Bazin
Garçon tailleur – Beryl Sims
Laquais – Jack Beven, Zoe Robinson
Danseurs – Dorian Fraizy, Cyrielle Panigot, Sadiq Richardson, Claudine Tourniaire
Musiciens – Suzie, Bobby & Tom Hanna; Jon Clarke
Director – Ralph Yarrow
Stage manager – Fiona Faulds
Lighting operators – John Chapman, Andy Lavelle
Poster – Tony Conway
Set – Joni Smith
Artwork – Elise Limon
Seamstress – Angela Hibbert
Programme – Tony Conway, Claudine Tourniaire
Front of house – Polly Grice, Lucy Harford, Angela Hibbert, Laura McGilligan, Krista Reddey, Charlotte Silver, Annabelle Stevens
Thanks to Laura Curd, Jon Hyde, Dani Limon, Rob Little, James Sawrey-Cookson
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