The School for Lies

Adapted from Moli¨re€s The Misanthrope, David Ives€s The School for Lies tells the comic tale of Frank, who shares with Moli¨re€s Alceste a venomous hatred of the hypocrisy that surrounds him. Like his predecessor, Frank gets into trouble for insulting the work of a dreadful poet and falls in love with Celimene, a witty widow. In Ives€s madcap version, however, Celimene returns Frank€s affection because she wrongly believes him to be King Louis XIV€s bastard brother. Borrowing from Shakespeare, reality TV, and everything in between, The School for Lies is an inspired entertainment as well as a pointed study in self-delusion, all rendered in sparkling couplets.