In 17th Century Sicily, a smart valet named Mascarille tries to help his employer Lélie win the lady of his dreams — only to find that Lélie is a monumental dunce who ruins every one of his intricate techniques. Undaunted, Mascarille invents progressively wilder plots, and then observe his best-laid programs go very awry in Molière’s The Bungler. Translated by Richard Wilbur.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast functionality featuring:

Richard Easton simply because Mascarille

Adam Godley seeing that Lelie

Alan Mandell while Trufaldin

Dakin Matthews mainly because Ergaste

Christopher Neame seeing that Pandolphe

Paula Jane Newman as Celie

Darren Richardson simply because Andres

John Sloan mainly because Léandre

Norman Snow while Anselme

Kate Steele as Hippolyte.

This recording contains an interview with Mechele Leon, Associate Professor of Classical and Contemporary French Theatre at the University of Kansas.

Directed by Dakin Matthews. Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood.