HUSTRUSKOLAN (The School of Wives)

Dramaten

Premiere: May 9, 1980

Performances: 108

Playwright: Moličre

Director: Alf Alf Sjöberg

Character: Horace

Synopsis:
In Moličre’s classic comedy Arnolphe, a rich merchant, is under the delusion that he can create a perfect marriage for himself by creating the perfect wife. He raises a young orphan. Agnes, from infancy, determined to keep her ignorant of everything except what he teaches her himself. His plans, however, are quickly undone by the handsome young Horace who, despite everything Arnolphe tries, takes Agnes’s education into his own hands—especially when it comes to love.

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