The School for Wives Jean-Baptiste Moliere

Characters and scene

The characters are:

  • Arnolphe, a bachelor who also uses the noble-sounding name of Monsieur de la Souche
  • Agnès, his innocent teenage ward
  • Alain, a peasant who is one of his servants
  • Georgette, a peasant who is another of his servants
  • Chrysalde, one of his friends
  • Horace, a young man in love with Agnès
  • Oronte, another friend of Arnolphe's, and father of Horace
  • Enrique, Chrysalde's brother-in-law, and father of Agnès

The scene is a square in a provincial town.

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