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01856aam a2200289Ia 4500 001 8E72E6909B6211E2989A5ACADAD10320 003 SILO 005 20130402015604 008 120903s2012 nyu 000 d eng d 020 $a 9780822225607 020 $a 0822225603 035 $a (OCoLC)809031137 040 $a YDXCP $c YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BXM $d BWX $d ZCU $d NGU $d OUN $d IGA $d SILO 082 04 $a 812.54 $2 23 100 1 $a Ives, David. 245 14 $a The school for lies / $c by David Ives ; adapted from The misanthrope by MolieÌre. 260 $a New York : $b Dramatists Play Service, $c c2012. 300 $a 106 p. ; $c 20 cm. 520 $a "It's 1666 and the brightest, wittiest salon in Paris is that of Velimene, a beautiful young widow so known for her satiric tongue she's being sued for it. Surrounded by shallow suitors, whom she lives off of without surrendering to, Celimene has managed to evade love since her beloved husband died -- until today, when Frank appears. A traveler from England known for his own coruscating wit and acidic misanthropy, Frank turns Celimene's world upside-down, taking on her suitors, matching her barb for barb, and teaching her how to live again. (Never mind that their love affair has been engineered by a couple of well-placed lies.) This wild farce of furious tempo and stunning verbal display, all in very contemporary couplets, runs variations on MolieÌre's The Misanthrope, which imspired it."--Back cover. 600 10 $a MolieÌre, $d 1622-1673 $x Adaptations. 651 0 $a France $x Social life and customs $y 17th century $v Drama. 650 0 $a Man-woman relationships $v Drama. 700 1 $a MolieÌre, $d 1622-1673. $t Misanthrope. 710 2 $a Dramatists Play Service (New York, N.Y.) 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180201061256.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8E72E6909B6211E2989A5ACADAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search