This play was acted for the first time on September 9, 1668. In it, Molière has borrowed from Plautus, and has imitated several other authors, but he far surpasses them in the treatment of his subject. The picture of the miser, in whom love of money takes the place of all natural affections, who not only withdraws from family intercourse, but considers his children as natural enemies, is finely drawn, and renders Molière's Miser altogether more dramatic and moral than those of his predecessors. HARPAGON, _father to_ CLÉANTE, _in love with_ MARIANNE. CLÉANTE, HARPAGON'S _son, lover to_ MARIANNE. VALÈRE, _son to_ ANSELME, _and lover to_ ÉLISE. ANSELME, _father to_ VALÈRE _and_ MARIANNE. MASTE…
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