But Molière, a comic genius, was so dedicated to his craft that he was literally carried off the stage to his deathbed. He was often harassed by the authorities, and his plays were sometimes deemed obscene and/or anti-religious. Molière (1622–1673), whose work was celebrated at the glittering court of the Sun King Louis XIV, was a playwright, actor, and poet all in one. Much like the masterpiece that inspired it, Molière’s The Misanthrope, Ives’ play is dedicated to the proposition that even those who go through life proclaiming that they only speak the truth are just as deluded as everyone else. Molière knew all about misinformation all the way back in 1666, and David Ives’ The School for Lies plunges us right into the middle of it.
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