The Misanthrope is a stage musical based on the play Le Misanthrope by Molière.
Cast[]
- John McMartin - Alceste
- John Bottoms - Philinte
- Arthur Burghardt - Oronte
- Virginia Vestoff - Celimene
- Seth Allen - Acaste
- Ed Zang - Clitandre
- Deborah Rush - Eliante
- Helen Gallagher - Arsinoe
- Josh Mostel - Dubois
Plot[]
Musical numbers[]
- Act I/II/III
- "Be Witness to My Madness" - Company
- "Where in the World?" - Alceste
- "The Art of Pleasing Me" - Alceste
- "Sonnet" - Philinte, Oronte and Alceste
- "Paris" - Alceste
- "Double" - Celimene and Alceste
- "He Loves to Make a Fuss" - Celimene, Clitandre and Acaste
- "Lovers Manage" - Eliante
- "Madam" - Arsinoe
- "The Other Day I Went to an Affair" - Celimene
- "We Women" - Arsinoe
- Act IV/V
- "Substitute" - Eliante
- "Second Best" - Eliante and Philinte
- "I Love You More" - Celimene and Alceste
- "Things Are Most Mysterious" - Dubois
- "Altogether Too Outrageous" - Celimene
- "How Dare You!" - Arsinoe
- "I Confess" - Celimene
- "Be Witness to My Madness" (reprise) - Company