“The young and gallant Erastus is in love with Orphises. But the beauty’s uncle and guardian does not want this marriage. While Erastus tries to join her, he is constantly interrupted and delayed by a series of hassles, gentle madmen confiding to him in turn their setbacks and their misfortunes. Here is a summary of the musical theater piece in a few words The Annoying Ones scheduled at the Caen theater, Sunday December 29, Monday 30 and Tuesday December 31, at the Caen theater.
This comedy-ballet is certainly not the most famous of Molière’s works nor the most performed. “Yetspecifies the theater, it contains the seeds of all the successes to come: Tartuffe, Learned Women, The Misanthrope… » All the characters who would make the author’s plays successful are represented there: the pretentious, the proud, the crazy…
The direction is by Julia de Gasquet while the music composed by Lully and Pierre Beauchamp will be performed by the Caravensérail ensemble, directed by Bertrand Cuiller, a regular at the Caen theater: “He directed Venus and Adonis by John Blow, in 2012, and given several harpsichord recitals.
Sunday 29, at 3:30 p.m.; Monday 30, at 8 p.m. and Tuesday December 31, at 6 p.m., at the Caen theater. Prices: from €10 to €37. Reservations on the website theatre-caen.notre-billetterie.fr
