Turcaret

By: Alain-René Lesage, John Norman (Translator)

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Paperback | 1 October 1988

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96 Pages

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19.68 x 12.7 x 0.64

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Fraud, theft, extortion and sexual corruption: a society which sells off and farms out the power of taxation into private hands reaps its own harvest. Not a future nightmare but classic eighteenth century French comedy. In an age when the Sun King's coffers were empty and the state machinery colluded with its tax gatherers to defraud itself, financiers made tremendous fortunes. Turcaret is one of these men - fingers in all monetary pies, legitimate and illegitimate, speculating wildly to increase his fortunes, loaning money at usurious rates, at the same time aspiring towards respectability through marriage and nobility. To such men a myriad of rogues attach themselves. This translation by John Norman received its British premiere at The Gate Theatre, in London 1988.

Industry Reviews

'Turcaret is generally accepted as one of the best of French comedies, few people in this country cann ever see it... and unjustly neglected foreign classic.' Sunday Telegraph' '...a real discovery...the play is sharp and brisk, and might have been written jointly by Moliere and Goldsmith...' Sunday Time 'a biting social satire...this is the "Serious Money" of its day...' The Guardian '...it is a fascinating cynical comedy... John Norman's adaptation is full of twentieth century colloquialisms and the piece would probably work well in modern dress... The National Theatre...should now consider staging the play itself.' The Daily Telegraph

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