THE MIDDLE CLASS GENTLEMAN

(Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme)

By MOLIÈRE

(Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, 1622-1673)

Translated by Philip Dwight Jones

Comedy-Ballet presented at Chambord, for the entertainment of the King, in the month of October 1670, and to the public in Paris for the first time at the Palais-Royal Theater 23 November 1670 

ACT ONE
ACT TWO
ACT THREE
ACT FOUR
ACT FIVE

The Cast

Monsieur Jourdain, bourgeois. 
Madame Jourdain, his wife. 
Lucile, their daughter.
Nicole, maid. 
Cléonte, suitor of Lucile. 
Covielle, Cléonte's valet. 
Dorante, Count, suitor of Dorimène. 
Dorimène, Marchioness. 
Music Master. 
Pupil of the Music Master. 
Dancing Master. 
Fencing Master. 
Master of Philosophy. 
Tailor. 
Tailor's apprentice. 
Two lackeys. 
Many male and female musicians, instrumentalists, dancers, cooks, tailor's apprentices, and others necessary for the interludes. 

The scene is Monsieur Jourdain's house in Paris.