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Le Méchant (French: The Villain) is a 1747 play by Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset. It is considered the best verse comedy of the eighteenth-century French stage.Like Tartuffe (and Destouches’s Ingrat and Médisant) the title character Сléon schemes to gain his provincial host’s money and marry his female relatives – here Géronte’s sister and niece rather than his daughter.

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author
Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset
character in play
A servant, Ariste Géronte's friend, Florise Сhloé's mother, Frontin Сléon's manservant, Géronte Florise's brother, Lisette lady's maid, Valère Сhloé's lover, Сhloé, Сléon the titular villain
genre
Comedy (drama)
original language
French language
premiere date
1747-04-15
premiere place
Comédie-Française
premiere year
1747-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

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