The Learned Ladies - Paperback

by Freyda Thomas (Author)

Ms. Thomas' previous and similar rollicking version of Moliere's Les Femmes Savantes delighted audiences off-Broadway in 1991 in a production starring Jean Stapleton as Philamente a blossoming literary lady on the verge of coming into her own. It was re-imagined in 1993 at ACT in San Francisco with many productions throughout the country since then. During the Salon movement of the 17th century women thirsty for knowledge and freedom began to read discuss and absorb all the learni