Martin Crimp
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Martin Andrew Crimp is a British playwright.
Crimp (centre) at the Théâtre des Abbesses, Paris
Scene from a 2018 performance of Written on Skin by Opera Philadelphia
The Misanthrope
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The Misanthrope, or the Cantankerous Lover is a 17th-century comedy in verse written by Molière. It was first performed on 4 June 1666 at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Paris by the King's Players.
Martin Crimp
…Royal Court Theatre with a translation of Ionesco’s The Chairs, a production that subsequently transferred to Broadway. His re-writings of Molière’s The Misanthrope (1996, revived 2009) and Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac (2019/22) were both commercially and critically successful, the latter transferring from London’s…
Engraving from the 1719 edition