A Cabal of Hypocrites

Cabal of Hypocrites, A (Kabala sviatosh)

    Alternative Title: Molière

    Author: Mikhail Bulgakov

    First Performance: 1936, Moscow

    Published: 1962

    First English Translation: 1972

    Genre: Drama in 4 acts; Russian prose

    Setting: Theatre, Molière's house, cathedral, and other locations in Paris, and royal palace in Versailles, 1660–73

    Cast: 15m, 4f, extras

At the age of 38 Molière has just successfully performed the title role in his Sganarelle before King Louis XIV and been well rewarded. He resolves to reject Madeleine Béjart, his mistress of 20 years' standing, and marry her 19-year-old ‘sister’ Armande, not knowing that she is in fact her daughter. Several years later, two of Molière's sons have died in infancy, and the Church condemns him for...

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