And every mind is not composed of the stuff PHILAMINTE:  Only he can write like that. And you’d never stoop to human baseness. In seconding the love I have for her. I’m not at all disheartened by this loss. Sentence! A spirit, let us say, a bit more indulgent: At the wrong done to us when it comes to wit; CHRYSALE:  Bottom line: for her husband I have chosen Clitandre. I must give in to her caprices. CHRYSALE:  No, ‘cause when she spoke of another son-in-law PHILAMINTE:  In sum, the quatrains are both admirable. Fixes its desires upon you forever. And wedding Henriette is what I want. But have interrupted some learned discourse. HENRIETTE:  The consequences of that word, to my mind, Come on, speak, why this awful rage? VADIUS:  …every town would have a statue of you. Who treats so ill its hostess. I’m in love with them only as a poet; CHRYSALE:  Will you let me speak? TRIPPELDOLT:  I’m so sorry I was unable to please you. I've just finished reading this and it was pretty enjoyable! EMBED (for wordpress.com hosted blogs and archive.org item tags) Want more? THE STORY: Clitandre seeks the hand of Henriette, a match heartily approved of by her father, Chrysale. And yet, through all her hellish rages HENRIETTE:  I’ll try everything to fulfill our sweetest desire, TRIPPELDOLT:  Now there you’re wrong, I’m quite sure, and I know CHRYSALE:  Do you have to ask? To see as your spouse, your fate, my choice. Don’t be so formal; take his hand in yours, PHILAMINTE:  Would I fire her, or do you really think And gives to reason sovereign empire, He’s a master at absorbing abuse Tell us please who’s the true object of his love. (aside) Go, my poor child. BÉLISE (interrupting each time he starts to read): CLITANDRE:  Nothing makes me happier than having its support. And you’ll deck out some fool with all your wealth As all of you are pleased to imagine; PHILAMINTE:  Some aspects of moral philosophy thrill us, Say rather that it took me for a million. And nothing I’ll say should shock you. To reveal to you the passion of his heart…. During the third performance of The Imaginary Invalid he coughed up blood onstage and was carried home to die. If he had studied the law of gravity? I’ll show them, when it comes to laying down the law To strip them of the parts that are vulgar BÉLISE:  Better still. ARMANDE:  I can’t wait for the opening of our conference, TRIPPELDOLT:  I’ve finally had enough of this resistance All I’m doing is asking what’s her crime. But we want to show to certain intellectuals, But as, to tell the truth, I’d never think myself CLITANDRE:  Your beliefs are all wrong, I guarantee you, What's interesting is that I found the text on line for free but the problem was that I couldn't put bookmarks in it, so whenever I put it down, I had to search through the book trying to find my place again. And if the eyes I see could pick it up off the floor Go philosophize your fill with her, Note: All photos of the 2012 production of Molière’s The Learned Ladies at Texas Tech University, translated and directed by Jonathan Marks; scenic design by Vicki Ayers; lighting design by Andrea Bilkey; costume design by Melissa Merz. And what is surprising about what I said? Regular rhyme schemes tend to lull us into galloping along with them. While I agree with some of the things that Moliere argues, most of it is still rather sexist. CLITANDRE: To draw up the contract she’s sent for the J.P. CHRYSALE:  And I’ll have him draw up the one that I want. Those founts of endless tasteless puns BÉLISE:  I could propose a solution I warn you that his entire philosophical project is to tap your bank account, and that you’d better not conclude this marriage before reading the poem I’m writing about him. HENRIETTE:  My heart? I have to call her “darling” and “my dove.”. And you had no taste for the sweetest appeal PHILAMINTE, ARMANDE, and BÉLISE:  “Goes downhill with every day”! What’s the verdict on his lover’s suit? When they said that a woman has learned enough I cannot refuse the support of a mother To speak of the court in more moderate tones; My role in this process was draping the bodices for 4 of the 5 ladies (Philaminte, Arista, Belise, and Henriette). For a true philosopher has little appeal; Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE:  Shall we proceed to the contract? Henriette, dear madame, has won me with her charm, PHILAMINTE:  What? Boy, my heart is moved by all this love; I’m enraged to see her admire a man like that, To abandon them forever. PHILAMINTE:  You’d rather she were still at work here, Your cowardice is truly laughable. ARMANDE:  Oh, no! I only spurn his hand because I cherish him so. The justice of the peace will finish it. That’s the punishment for his lowly avarice, He knew that, God be thanked, I enjoyed writing, Take it to the royal bath, And think where you’d be if her noble genius Mute messengers have carried the word. How well put “goes downhill” is, PHILAMINTE:  Don’t make such a fuss! TRIPPELDOLT:  A threat such as that doesn’t faze me; CHRYSALE (to Martine):  Uh-oh. CHRYSALE:  Yeah? He can hold his own against the finest wits. Of the marriage to which she must pledge her heart. CLITANDRE:  I always speak straight from the heart, so much so Bottom line, she’s a philosopher. Goes downhill with every day. It would have shattered to pieces like a glass. If I loved, monsieur, by choice and through wisdom EMBED (for wordpress.com hosted blogs and archive.org item tags) Want more? MARTINE:  I have to tell you, Madame, The brains to be master in my own house? It hasn’t happened yet. TRIPPELDOLT:  Here’s the man who’s dying to meet you. Now they’re important national figures He needs to please everyone, even the dog. That knowledge could damage anything at all. In place of Euros, pounds, or francs, Are either pleonasms or cacophony. Has she committed…. But not in the minds of certain folks. So, since your heart is not set on Clitandre, But I want to push the idea to full effect, To which you owe your high intellect, Grammar, which rules us all, even queens and kings VADIUS:  That doesn’t detract from its true value. And from the tenderness that follows, MARTINE:  What’s it matter if they agree or kick each other’s butts? I definitely like this play after having read it twice in less than a year! There are no discussion topics on this book yet. So thoroughly stripped of all truck with the senses; Jonathan Marks, a Professor in the Acting/Directing area at Texas Tech University, wrote his Yale DFA dissertation under Jacques Guicharnaud on Molière’s theatrical career. Make us obey your orders, that’s all I want. And be introduced by a valet with some manners. BÉLISE:  It’s true, the word is really out of fashion. You don’t know how much arguing depresses me. The Learned Women by Moliere (Poquelin) Produced by Delphine Lettau, Charles Franks and the people at DP THE LEARNED WOMEN (LES FEMMES SAVANTES) BY MOLIERE TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH PROSE. The flow of something, I know not what, that makes one faint. ( Log Out /  The impudence to dare to show her face! theatre@concordia.ca 514-848-2424, ext 4555 Where. But never once did he ask to hear my work. What her philosopher was capable of when put to the test. As pure as the morning star. In which perfect love consists of beauty alone? Goes downhill with every day.”. To those measures every husband must dread. The Learned Ladies. And I think it would be good to give Henriette You should know that duty submits you to their laws, ARISTE:  Do you know what brings me here? It’s not really right, and for many reasons, This is a Moliere piece that has aged less well, a bit like Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew. A glorious project that will bring us fame TRIPPELDOLT:  That’s my brain speaking there, it is not my heart. You’re determined to oppose my wishes. I know you think that with my wedding vows ARMANDE:  I am utterly ravished by “qua condition”. PHILAMINTE:  Ugh! TRIPPELDOLT:  The gift of your hand, which I’ve been urged to seek, Photo credit to Andrea Bilkey. The trope is adroit and, to reply in its style, CHRYSALE:  I hadn’t heard. Oh my God! When he says he’s through with me and loves you, And I regret, monsieur, that I can’t return it. That I’m really no good at choosing a spouse, Wait for us. VADIUS:  Authors often have the fault If you marry a girl against her wishes, From including yourself in the list; ‘Cause remember, it’s you to whom I speak. ARMANDE:  Monsieur, do you call it opposing your wishes Your reward is receiving your amorous wish. The base amusements of such affairs. Be content that I’m willing to endure your homage HENRIETTE:  I quit my claim to him for my big sister. CHRYSALE:  I knew his late father when I was in Rome. You must have ties of flesh, carnal chains, ARMANDE:  I wouldn’t stand for it, if I were you, Amply proved the ardor of my desire; To cloister yourself in household things, Your elder daughter BÉLISE:  This shameful prejudice must be eliminated, Moliére didn’t believe women could be literate, he thought running a salon of philosophy was a waste of time. CLITANDRE:  I’m going now, madame, to bend all of my might Mahira also provided some very helpful tips on eyebrow makeup. He has worked with the Yale Repertory Theatre, American Repertory Theatre, American Conservatory Theatre, Magic Theatre, Berkeley Rep and others in various capacities, sometimes as actor, director, dramaturg, and educator simultaneously. ARISTE:  When you read this letter you will know. MARTINE:  Whenever people understand you, you’re talkin’ good; Nothing can stop my amorous desires, To make me hateful to people I need? Of the union of hearts without bodies. TRIPPELDOLT:  While in your palace it doth play…. (to Philaminte) Have you discovered that she’s dishonest? HENRIETTE:  And what better could I do, at my age, A “straight” translation of The Learned Ladies might set us in an Anglophone Paris, and we’d make allowances, not even noticing the facticity of the world. The faithless heart is a moral monster. Overall, not the worst! CHRYSALE:  And, to take a spouse, Monsieur: for the love of Greek you should be kissed. To fire against me all your eloquence? BELISE:  My God, drop the pretense! ARMANDE:  At every step in the poem you find a charming touch. PHILAMINTE:  My God, what baseness, both of mind and language! I bet it was Trippeldolt in person, TRIPPELDOLT:  This fiendish foe that bodes perdition. MARTINE:  God almighty! So higher knowledge worms its way into you; A man who would love me and be loved, I don’t know where to hide from the horrible dragon; PHILAMINTE:  I haven’t done any poetry, but I might hope I don’t want him acting like no rodeo clown; And draw us up a contract worded more elegantly? A wit that flatters their self-delusions Resolve to act as if you were a man? As “fool” and “ignorant” are synonymous terms. He just gives me a few light whacks in passing; And I’ll declare out loud, straight from the soul, And whether I can drag her back to her duty. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE:  Very well. My modesty’s been taxed beyond belief. TRIPPELDOLT:  Intellectual matters will not bite you, I will shut myself in a convent, BÉLISE:  It’s true that its sum is worth more than its parts. And our intelligence no longer questioned. Why the hell want this Monsieur Trippeldolt? We had a VW bug, with no charge for parking by the hotel back then. Through our laws, prose or verse, all shall be submitted: HENRIETTE:  You’d do better to win over Mother. Or maybe it was the fellow who read it who ruined the sonnet. PHILAMINTE:  I’d like to see you try to make excuses for her. Do not push my mother to attempt For some time I’ve been concerned And the bearing the poet would have. ARMANDE:  All beautiful pathways strewn with roses. ARMANDE:  Well, monsieur, well, since without listening to me Let’s finish our business, and quit your wailing. Nature has few mysteries you will not clear up. CHRYSALE:  Shut up, chatterbox. CHRYSALE:  I’ll tell you why when we have time, by and by, With proverbs plucked up from the gutter? Which shows he knows he’s never quite defeated me. Prone to be caught up in those little cares. Have I heard enough, patiently enough, And I don’t much care how you take it; Which sets us up above all humankind CLITANDRE:  Reading the verses he dumps on us, And if you had read it you’d agree with me. And, not to speak of yourself, The gloves are coming off, my spleen’s about to burst. PHILAMINTE:  But the finest project of our academy, TRIPPELDOLT:  Common sense contradicts your maxims, To see what your friends thought of this book, C'est la seule, l'unique pièce que nous avons vue à la Comédie Française à Paris, en 1968, quelques mois après les manifestations qui ont envahi les rues, et le nouveau parlement a été élu. That I wanted to speak with you, monsieur, one on one. In reality I love the adorable Henriette. Did you dream of all that it says to us, HENRIETTE:  It’s about the marriage that my mother is planning Right in front of me, leapt to him; Come on, try to display a soul that’s not so common But I don’t want…. He constantly basks in his fictional fame, ARISTE: Cléonte and Lycidas have taken brides. To consent to give you the thing in question. That I need you. Keep your willpower firm HENRIETTE:  Flung or not, it’s a heart that hardly displeases you; CHRYSALE:  Oh, God, no, You ought to burn that useless bookcase ARISTE:  Clitandre has made me messenger to you ARMANDE:  And bonds like that (good God!) It is not simply a condition that is her boarder, Clitandre, take pains to bolster your love by obtaining And wisdom…. But like him to be a worshiper. But danged if I can understand your jargon. That women too can master all the disciplines, If I ever marry, I only want a man TRIPPELDOLT:   Ascribing your traits to others is doltish. Explain to me in no other language I live on good soup, not on fine language. To egg you on, if that’s what it takes. I would never choose no brainiac. I could even see the features of his face CLITANDRE:  Without your support, monsieur, I’m a goner: To want to be your son-in-law despite you. At my house they know everything but what they ought to know: My wife can be a bit hot-headed; Heaven, through the bonds of a constant fire Ah! Surely you don’t set your sights on Clitandre? To keep mother from winning over you. Four hundred thousand Euros plus expenses. To call a language jargon Houston Community College Central drama department is opening their first show of the season, ‘The Learned Ladies’ by Moliere. CLITANDRE:  Not a story; it’s true. And did not disdain what your charms had rebuffed. And I don’t much like lady scholars. What kind of man I am. Niece, you really are an odd duck. I know that you have placed all your assets in the hands of Monsieur Bugdov and Monsieur Baggs, and I must inform you that on the very same day they both filed for bankruptcy.”. Creates such sacred rights on souls Does he lack merit? You’re leading your daughter to sacrifice But still, to degrade women's learning would be totally outrageous until you see how the women act. And I want to have revenge, for all of us, Unmasking nature with experiments in every parlor, Teaching her children good manners, Don't judge the book by how old it is or how over read it is. That makes you resist this marriage with Clitandre? I didn’t expect that at all. Or straining to be witty in the simplest exchanges. CHRYSALE:  It’s a done deal. BELISE:  Enough. This has such a simple plot line, but the witt and the comedy of this sitiation and it's characters stike a cord even with todays readers. PHILAMINTE:  “Then drown from it what breath it hath.” To make your wife comply with your wishes TRIPPELDOLT:  Is there anything so lovely as your chansonnettes? People habitually drunk on their knowledge, Don’t say that it’s vermillion, I like her to hide her erudition, HENRIETTE:  But you should know that you risk a bit more than you think And I find nobody as charming as their sage. CHRYSALE:  What was it? Should be seen in your deeds, not just heard from your lips. And the collective brain-power there (and I’m not a flatterer) PHILAMINTE:  Is it over? It’s she who rules, and with an iron fist. And really rude to say it to my face. TRIPPELDOLT:  Knowledge has inherently an evident distinction. It was a stratagem, a surprising trap Richard Wilbur's flawless translation of this hilarious play is friggin perfection. Don’t subject yourself as slave to the laws of a man; I have great respect for your mother, CHRYSALE:  Go on, take her hand and leave us. And there’s no inclination to dirty desires. PHILAMINTE:  Hey! CHRYSALE:  I’ve taken it long enough. I’d like Madame to be the judge. So, in our quite contrary courses Of the offensive rebuffs that now I wash my hands of; The choice of a husband…. Ah! I’d rather take a pass on all this bother, His heart is fixed on another object. CHRYSALE:  And that I’m so weak-spirited Henriette is the odd female out and she is looking for a husband and family, her older sister is aghast especially when it concerns a lover from her past. We’ll pronounce their death sentences, PHILAMINTE:  It warms my heart Who dogmatically forbids his fellow sages MARTINE:  You got your head on your shoulders, sir, I fear, Madame, I’ve come to give you homage maybe this female character was more real back in his time, i have no idea, but the jokes just didn't hit with me. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. But so full of effrontery and ridicule Aren’t you ashamed of your spinelessness? That with all of your talents you really would please me; With a pitcher or a silver platter? ARMANDE:  Yes, fie, I tell you! He’s dressed in black and speaks very softly. PHILAMINTE:  In scholarly discourse, combat is permissible When she takes that tone I tremble; CHRYSALE:  I’m the one who marries off my daughter. Enough, you understand me. PHILAMINTE:  But do you really understand, as I do, its subtlety? Elevate your yearnings toward the higher goals, ARMANDE:  Epicurus is my style; he’s so dogmatic. However, his wife, Philaminte, has other plans for her younger daughter--namely marriage to Trissotin, a foppish wit who panders to Philaminte's . Love me, sigh, burn for my charms, Do you honestly think his passion for you is real, Come on. (To Henriette, who is leaving) Whoa there! TRIPPELDOLT: Goes downhill with every day. BÉLISE:  Body and mind make a unified whole, dear brother, And don’t condemn me to the shameful fate On Venus, Saturn, and Mars that I don’t care about; ARISTE:  Perfect. ARISTE: Listen, dear sister, you’re dreaming. Dramatists Play Service Inc, 1977 - Drama - 82 pages. CLITANDRE:  It’s too late, madame, another has taken the position; So often men marry out of sudden despair Caprice is a part of it, and when someone pleases us Wheelchair accessible. HENRIETTE:  I’m not interested in any of that, and I have no intention…. This very night I shall marry my daughter to Monsieur Trippeldolt. Fresh from your pen, which he never liked one bit. My love for poetry is all-consuming. You don’t find this crime unpardonable? like i said though, that could just be a consequence of history. We’d have to resolve the mind/body dualism And Clitandre is already the master of mine. Their brains are really vital to France! The Learned Ladies book. That scares the neighbors, and while you’re at it toss That I can still make you listen to reason. ; I finally gave up and bought a Kindle book and it was a totally different translation, much more "colloquial" and written entirely in verse (which I suspect is more in the style of Moliere anyway). He’s been tooting your horn with his poetry, CLITANDRE: May God on high protect me now I see him strutting around like a general To exercise her right to overpower my wishes. And even if your beauties condemn my efforts, “The Learned Ladies” is a new musical internet series featuring stories, songs, poems and essays from obscure women composers and forgotten women authors of the past. April 22nd 2009 Assailing the foundation of all learning, I thought the humor in this one was funnier than in Tartuffe or the Misanthrope...until it turns into female-bashing near the end (although the wife IS an idiot). JUSTICE OF THE PEACE:  Our style is okee-dokee, and I would be playing the fool, TRIPPELDOLT:  For me, I don’t believe, no matter what you say, It’s a loving, elegant, sometimes dazzling rebuttal to his own work, as Molière refused to let his perspective get co-opted by any single agenda. PHILAMINTE:  Your generous offer is very endearing; For truly I feel a strange resentment To judge us by a skirt or by a scarf, But I thought wrong. You are above that kind of weakness. Act llike a fool, why don’t you? CHRYSALE:  Yes, you’re right; I see I’m wrong. CHRYSALE:  All right, monsieur, follow my orders explicitly CHRYSALE (Quietly):  I swear, I don’t know. And you all take such pains to speak with wit. I must banish you forever from my sight. ARISTE:  Is that the only motive – what we just heard – PHILAMINTE:  I’m marrying off my younger daughter. And sight unseen I knew him. HENRIETTE:  If I, like you, had pedants on the brain, I’ll be the first to speak to your daughter. She decrees as law whatever she decides. What will you do when it's your turn to pick your book club's next read? CHRYSALE:  Nothing to worry about. by Samuel French, Inc. TRIPPELDOLT:  As to its great taste, monsieur, we see its effects. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. To disillusion my sister-in-law, and let her know And my wife’s bad side is terrifying. The language might not be 17th-century English, but as long as it’s consistent and plausibly classical-sounding, we’re fine. With butchered words, clumsily stitched together, From the first, your charms had all my heart. Madame your wife has rejected my suit. And you wouldn’t believe the foolish things he said…. Cost. I’ve absolutely no ambition for that life. The only work being done around here is reasoning, The Learned Ladies (Les Femmes Savantes, which is closer to "the wise women"), is a 1690 Molière comedy which satirizes female learning and pretense. I cherish you so much that, in this awful situation, They’d go down to half-mast pretty quickly. not that funny. PHILAMINTE:  I like “boarder” and “order”; But for all this vain and arcane erudition You should imitate the beautiful side, Spared by his reasoning from all vulgar weaknesses, BÉLISE:  You stroll in it and you’re ravished. HENRIETTE:  You see what knots they’re trying to bind it with. Rich above measure in senseless babble, But everybody knows he’s really none of that. And besides, these matters of the mind are not my thing. 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