Harpagon – paranoid buffoon and incarnation of bourgeois greed - lives in self
imposed squalor in a neglected mansion. His children are starved of life and
of love as a result of their father’s monstrous thrift.
This marvellous classic is full of pathos and ruthless wit. Moliere leads us
through a hall of mirrors - we see what it shows us and squirm with delight
and shameful recognition.
