The Learned Women
by Molière, translated in verse by Mark Haywood

Henriette and Clitandre are in love and want to get married.

But Henriette's mother, aunt, and sister have other ideas — they are pseudo-intellectual snobs who think that Henriette should follow their example by rejecting earthly pleasures and devoting her life to highbrow pursuits like philosophy and learning.

Not to worry — Henriette's father will stick up for the amorous couple.

Well, he would, if he weren't so dominated by his wife.

Enter Trissotin, a self-acclaimed poet and wit who is actually neither, but who has managed to convince the "learned women" that he is a genius.

What's he up to?

And will Henriette and Clitandre ever manage to find happiness together?