Tartuffe or the Hypocrite & The Would-Be-Gentleman
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (891 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0033OWMMO |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 197 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
We can think of no other actor, or pair of actors, who put into English (and good, fluent, accurate English) the entire output, in this instance twenty plays, of a foreign-language dramatist. Messrs. To adorn our present Moliere, Serge Ivanoff produced thirteen paintings for Tartuffe, and fourteen for The Would-Be Gentleman. For our Moliere binding, planned to reflect the tones of the illustrations, the two shades of cloth are wrapped horizontally around the boards--a rather uncommon procedure, but for a rather uncommon book. The laid paper for this book was specially formulated by the Mead Paper Company for the faithful reproduction of Serge Ivanoff's twenty-seven superb paintings. Our translations of Tartuffe and The Would-Be Gentleman are the work of two English actors, H. For the type, he has chosen English Monotype Garamond in the 12-point size. Our Moliere twosome has been printed under the exacting eye of Michael Pagliaro at the Holyoke Lithograph Company of Holyoke, MA. who has elsewhere explained his practice of "pushing the names of the speaking characters to the outside margin". They deserve more recognit