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	Molière's Miser
		Harpagon is a descendant of the old curmudgeon Euclio from Plautus' Pot of Gold - one of the many plays Molière borrowed from when he wrote The Miser.
		In the second act of The Miser, Harpagon confesses to the matchmaker Frosine that he's worried his young bride-to-be, Mariane, won't be attracted to a sixty-year-old man. Molière was experiencing similar marital anxieties when he played Harpagon.
		Harpagon is devastated when he realizes his beloved strongbox that he buried in the garden has been stolen.
	www.amrep.org /articles/2_4b/miser.html (1296 words)

	l'Avare de Moliere
		Harpagon reste sourd aux sollicitations de Frosine et prétexte une affaire urgente pour s’éclipser.
		Harpagon entre dans une terrible colère et menace de frapper son fils.
		Harpagon souhaite que le commissaire fasse arrêter tous les habitants de la ville.
	www.alalettre.com /moliere-avare.htm (1161 words)

	The Miser - Moliere - Review - ---Read this and enjoy--- (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		When Harpagon suggests they refer to Valere to judge the wisdom or lack thereof of her proposed marriage to Anselme, she is delighted and relieved as it is he whom she loves.
		Harpagon, hearing the strange noise Valere emits in his shock, thinks that he can hear a dog barking in the garden and that this must mean someone is after his money and rushes off to check.
		Harpagon deviously tricks Cleante into confessing his true feelings by suggesting he is having second thought about taking her as his wife, and would have given her to Cleante if he thought that Cleante had any feelings for her.
	www.ciao.co.uk /The_Miser_Moliere__Review_5424988 (3755 words)

	Romanic Review: Regime of substitutions: Panoptical gluttony in the modern, "manageable' world of L'Avare, The (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Harpagon's vocabulary is full of terms evoking death and, in a number of cases, power and punishment: bourreau, pendard, peste, traitre.
		Harpagon is the absolute lack to which Promethean hubris is the response, and his is the illimitable desire which the modern economy will instill as the supremely valuable character trait of modern economic man.
		Harpagon and Cleante exemplify this, with the latter's wish for his father/rival's death as an unusually explicit expression of the dangers inherent in this rivalry.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3806/is_199711/ai_n8759140/pg_4 (1471 words)

	El avaro; Moliere
		Valerio se hace pasar por un criado de Harpagon para estar junto a Elisa.
		Harpagon, quiere casarse con Mariana sin saber que su hijo Cleanto esta enamorado de ella.
		Harpagon hace una fiesta e invitan a Mariana y se le declara.
	html.rincondelvago.com /el-avaro_moliere.html (583 words)

	Moliere in general - Review - ---Read this and enjoy---
		Harpagon wants to know what Cleante thinks of her and cites her lack of wealth as an issue standing in the way of marriage.
		Harpagon devi ously tricks Cleante into confessing his true feelings by suggesting he is having second thought about taking her as his wife, and would have given her to Cleante if he thought that Cleante had any feelings for her.
		Harpagon is wary of leeting the lovers marry because of the cost of ceremoney and the need to provide a dowry.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /printed-books/moliere-in-general/440098/Bewertungen (3755 words)

	The Miser (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Harpagon tells them that he is marrying Mariane, the same person his son was going to marry.
		Harpagon said taht he was going to let Cleante marry her, but since he said he didn't like her, Harpagon said he would just go ahead and marry him.
		Harpagon agrees and since he didn't have enough money to pay for his daughters wedding, Anselme agrees to pay for both of the wedding and the commisioner.
	www.homepagez.com /ersen/TheMiser.html (825 words)

	The Miser, another look at l'avare (the miser) by moliere
		She finally transfers her love to the stuffed corpse of the parrot she had loved; she ends up, in sheer emotional self-defense or exhaustion, loving an object which is already dead and therefore cannot die, which she can safely trust she won't be deprived of.
		Jump back to Harpagon, similarly oppressed by "the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune" but not just un coeur simple, on the contrary highly intelligent and sensitive, with depths of feeling Felicite is incapable of: a tragic rather than a pathetic character (at this stage at least).
		Harpagon lowers the stiff shield a moment and partially bares himself to possible pain.
	www.samizdat.com /avare.html (1162 words)

	Trent Dawson - Theater
		Harpagon's greed is the reason his daughter and son have kept their romances hidden.
		To make matters worse, Harpagon not only plans to marry Elise off to a wealthy aristocrat who has agreed to wed her without a dowry, but Harpagon has also decided to marry Mariane himself.
		Harpagon is no match for these folks, whose actions are fueled by equal measures of love and revenge.
	www.trentdawson.com /theater_miser_cs2.htm (674 words)

	Trent Dawson - Theater
		Harpagon is generally portrayed as foolish, and the actor playing him here, Tom Mardirosian, certainly does that; however, what makes the performance a bit unusual is the amount of meanness he brings to Harpagon's snarled lines.
		Harpagon's daughter, Elise (Kate Guyton), is in love with handsome young Valère (Trent Dawson), who has disguised himself as a servant in order to be near her.
		Harpagon would never approve of a marriage between them, because he intends to arrange a marriage for her with a rich older aristocrat.
	www.trentdawson.com /theater_miser_cs4.htm (629 words)

	Money, matchmaking explored in The Miser - The Whit - Entertainment
		Harpagon (Kristin Hammond, center) bickers with his daughter, Elise (Amy Whipple) as Valere (Mike Bochicchio) looks on.
		With the aid of the vixenish town matchmaker Frosine, played by Rebecca Polk, and several house servants, Harpagon's efforts to profit from the impending weddings while adding to his mounting fortune are squelched.
		Harpagon, daringly portrayed by Kristin Hammond, comes across on stage as genuinely comedic, giving the character of a stingy old man a fresh look.
	www.thewhitonline.com /news/2001/02/22/Entertainment/Money.Matchmaking.Explored.In.The.Miser-32972.shtml (929 words)

	The Miser (1996) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Harpagon's daughter, Elise, is in love with Valere, a young man of noble parentage separated from his family and working as a servant in her father's house.
		Harpagon's son, Cleante, also is in love and has given his heart to Marianne, a poor but virtuous girl from the country.
		The children are flabbergasted by Harpagon's revelations and confusion reigns until fate intervenes to reunite family and lovers.
	www.coloradoshakes.org /csf/research/plays/mis96.htm (547 words)

	The Cavalier Daily (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		After the death of his wife, the only remaining members living with Harpagon are his son, Cleante (played by Chris Harcum) and his daughter, Elise (Sarah Drew).
		Harpagon plans to marry his son's true love, Marianne, who is enticed into the arrangement by the manipulative courtesan Frosine (Laura Tetlow).
		Having never met Harpagon, Marianne assumes he is somewhat near her age -- man, is she wrong.
	www.cavalierdaily.com /CVarticle.asp?ID=10428&pid=797 (614 words)

	[No title]
		Harpagon is of all human beings the least human, of all mortals the hardest and most close-fisted.
		I see well enough, that to die pleasantly Harpagon is not exactly the rack which you would care to embrace; and I can see by your face, that this young spark, of whom you spoke to me, comes afresh into your head.
		Harpagon, you are well aware that the choice of a young girl will fall upon the son rather than upon the father; come, do not oblige people to say what is not necessary to hear; and consent, as well as I do, to this double match.
	teachers.olathe.k12.ks.us /~jlaneon/miserscript.doc (16378 words)

	Boston.com / A&E / Theater/Arts / Pooling their resources for Moliere's 'Miser'
		As Master Jacques, he's standing in front of his employer, Harpagon, the famous cheapskate in Moliere's "The Miser," who is sitting in a tiny washtub, feet dangling over the edge.
		Harpagon has just ordered the chef to prepare a meal for guests.
		Harpagon's son, Cleante, has fallen for a country girl named Marianne, but finds out that his father plans to wed her himself.
	www.boston.com /ae/theater_arts/articles/2004/06/20/pooling_their_resources_for_molieres_miser (480 words)

	Mezinárodní festival Divadlo / International festival Theatre
		Harpagon, father of Cleante and Elise and admirer of Mariane - Boris Rösner
		Harpagon knows how to accumulate money in every possible way, hard loansharking and self-privation.
		The more serious an actor is in Harpagon's stubborn destiny, the more fiercely and fanatically he acts to protect his wealth, the more absolutely and unintentionally comical his laborious and at last useless endeavour seems to be.
	festival.divadlo.cz /rocniky/roc04/a_lakomec.asp (1076 words)

	Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Harpagon is the human being of all human beings the least humane, the mortal of all mortals the hardest and closest.
		I tell you the truth, Sir; this lawsuit is of the utmost importance for me. (HARPAGON _looks serious again_.) If I lose it, I am for ever ruined; but a very small sum will save me. I should like you to have seen the happiness she felt when I spoke of you to her.
		Harpagon, you must be aware that the choice of a young girl is more likely to fall upon the son than upon the father.
	www.richread.com /048misr10.html (18518 words)

	The Miser (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Harpagon, a middle-aged widower, has amassed a fortune but keeps his adult children on a tight leash, manipulating and abusing them, even to the point of arranging marriages for them.
		Only after Harpagon's fortune (which he keeps hidden in his home) is stolen does he finally let go of his abusive ways, allowing his children to marry whom they love.
		Stanley was brilliant in his interpretation of Harpagon's humorous side but missed the mark in terms of revealing the evil, obsessive side of his complicated character.
	www.oobr.com /top/volSeven/eleven/miser.html (504 words)

	Aisle Say (Boston) "The Miser"
		His Harpagon's attachment to his money, both the abstract prospect of it or the literal material appearance of it, is the basis for much eloquent body language-- and for a couple of second act ad libs that draw bigger laughs than any line attributable to Moliere.
		Harpagon's daughter Elise loves the family's steward, Valere, but Harpagon intends to force her to marry a rich older man whose major attraction is that he will marry Elise without her penny pinching father handing over to his new son in law the customary dowry.
		We in the audience no longer have reason to believe that stealing the 50,000 crowns Harpagon has buried in the garden is an appropriate response to the miser's shabby dealing.
	www.stagepage.info /reviews/miser.html (617 words)

	ART's 'Miser' highlights the comedy: 6/ 29/ 2004
		To be sure, Harpagon's out of sync with today's super-rich, who seem far more interested in flaunting their wealth than secretly hoarding it.
		Steven Epp as Harpagon is the show's primary source of shtick, which he tends to overdo.
		His naive willingness to tell Harpagon exactly what people think of him while his boss appears to take it calmly is priceless.
	www.southcoasttoday.com /daily/06-04/06-29-04/b02li581.htm (890 words)

	Talkin' Broadway Regional News & Reviews - "The Miser" - 11/2/04
		But Elise is in love with her father’s steward, a young man of unknown lineage, and Cleante loves a village girl, Marrianne, whom his father intends to wed.
		Harpagon is so tight-fisted that he steals oats from his starving horses and suspects everyone, even his children, of stealing from him.
		As La Fleche, Harpagon’s servant, remarkable Nathan Keepers is positively insectivorous, as he leaps onto windowsills and twines himself up walls.
	www.talkinbroadway.com /regional/minn/minn98.html (827 words)

	Moliere's The Miser Adapted by Timothy Mooney
		Kristin Plonka is Mariane, the object of Cleante's affection and Harpagon's lust.
		While Mariane, who is in love with the Miser's son Cleante, is calling Harpagon a brute, Frosine, the matchmaker, tells him that she said that he was cute.
		The avarice of the title character Harpagon, sparring with his son Cleante for the same young woman, Mariane, gains a rhetorical sizzle in the verse format.
	moliere-in-english.com /miser.html (2312 words)

	Fenton Village Players - The Miser (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		In a dilapidated old mansion, the story of Harpagon -a crotchety old miser -and his family unfolds.
		Harpagon's son, Cl ante, also is in love and has given his heart to Marianne, a poor but virtuous girl from the country.
		Cleante and Marianne decide to tell Harpagon of their engagement, but as they are on the verge of their disclosures, Harpagon reveals he has a couple of his own announcements.
	www.fentonvillageplayers.org /2003/miser.htm (513 words)

	L'Avare / The Miser / 1979 / film review / Louis de Funes
		Harpagon lives a frugal life although he has accumulated a fortune, which he has buried in his garden.
		The old man is ruthlessly tight-fisted and, to further his wealthy, he intends to marry his daughter off to a wealthy man whilst he himself marries a wealthy heiress.
		In between tyrannising his children and flogging his servants, Harpagon is a tragic figure who, unloved by humanity, is driven to an obsessive love of money.
	frenchfilms.topcities.com /nf_L_Avare_rev.html (365 words)

	The Miser by Moliere - Set Design by Richard Finkelstein, Stage Designer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		This is what reduces him to selling pieces of the set, broken chair legs, etc. What is especially fun is that Harpagon is so driven by his miserliness that he doesn’t even act as though his decor is unusual.
		If Harpagon was such a complete miser in our version, why then would he have multiple servants as Moliere had written.
		Our Harpagon weiged over 200 pounds so it took some special steel alloy and welding to realize the trick but the effect was quite rewarding.
	www.rfdesigns.org /miser.htm (1973 words)

	A little bit about: The Miser -- A part of Stephen Billington's Theatre section
		Harpagon is of course not aware that Valère is anything but a servant.
		For Harpagon, the main argument that he feels cannot be opposed is Anselme being willing to take her without a dowry.
		Of course, Harpagon is not really listening to him and when he hears dogs barking in the garden, off he goes to check on his precious money.
	www.sbillington.com /abitaboutthemiser.html (1600 words)

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	upstatebeat.com: Moliere Comes To Furman
		Molière's play The Miser follows the story of the eponymous tightwad Harpagon who's decided that his children are costing him too much money and must be married off.
		Unfortunately, Élise is already in love with Harpagon's servant and his son is in love with the penniless Mariane, whom Harpagon has already decided to take as his own wife.
		Convinced that his children are plotting to rob him blind, he proceeds with his own arrangements until, to his horror, he discovers that the fortune he buried in his garden has been stolen.
	www.metrobeat.net /gbase/Expedite/Content?oid=oid:3369 (1507 words)

	The Miser
		Indebted to the Aulularia for the general conception of the piece, Molière deviated from it in several important respects, and in the result left the comedy of Plautus far behind.
		Harpagon is preferable to Euclio, not only in being free from anything like extravagance, but in depth and force of characterization.
		Molière himself played Harpagon, though the increasing weakness of his chest; now shown in a chronic, hacking cough, rendered him unable, at least without a dangerous effort, to portray the anguish of the miser on discovering the loss of his treasure.
	www.theatrehistory.com /french/miser001.html (457 words)

	Miser Cast Steals More Than Harpagon's Money - The Quadrangle - Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		It was interesting to see La Fleche pretending to control Elise to appease her father, when she was outraged that Harpagon wanted her to marry someone twice her age.
		I thought he was my favorite performer until the arrival of Jim Lichtscheidl, playing Valere, his servant, who has a good run in with Harpagon in the beginning of the play.
		Sonya Berlovitz livened the performance by creating a strange assortment of costumes made from rags and mismatched pieces, including mismatched shoes on the characters., although it did have us wondering why on earth they had on mismatched shoes.
	www.quadrangleonline.com /news/2004/10/29/Reviews/Miser.Cast.Steals.More.Than.Harpagons.Money-778396.shtml (735 words)

	HARPAGON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Date "HARPAGON" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1844.
		"HARPAGON" is a common misspelling or typo for: harpoon, heptagon.
		Harpagon is the name of the miser in Molière's comedy called L'Avare.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /Ha/Harpagon.html (332 words)

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