J'aime Moliere

So I know that most of this blog has focused on my love of Shakespeare.  But...there are other playwrights who hold equal weight in my esteem....Tony Kushner....Tennessee Williams...Edward Albee....Sarah Ruhl...

But, all of these of Anglophones.  But, no list could be complete without my favorite Francophone writer - Moliere.

I decided to take a look at another speech from one of my favorites of his plays - The Misanthrope.

This is spoken by Alceste.  I am comparing a translation I have prepared to one of the most famous translations done in rhyming couplets by Richard Wilbur.

Here are the results.

"Moliere" by leesean licensed under CC BY 2.0