Monsieur de Pourceaugnac

Monsieur de Pourceaugnac is a five-act comédie-ballet—a ballet interrupted by spoken dialogue—by Molière, first presented on October 6, 1669 before the court of Louis XIV at the Château of Chambord by Molière's troupe of actors. The music was composed by Jean-Baptiste Lully, the choreography was by Pierre Beauchamp, the sets were by Carlo Vigarani and the costumes were done by the chevalier d’Arvieux. Lully notably took a role on the stage in the work's premiere, portraying the part of a doctor in the dance of the enemas.^[1]

Synopsis

Monsieur de Pourceaugnac is betrothed to Julie, the daughter of Oronte. Unbeknownst to him, Julie is in love with the young and handsome Parisian Éraste and has no desire to wed Pourceaugnac. In order to avoid the impending marriage, Julie and Éraste solicit the help of Sbrigani who uses all of his guile to help the young couple through a series of clever deceits.^[2]

References

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