DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
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SGANARELLE, [Footnote: This part was played by Molière himself. In the inventory taken after Molière's death, and given by M. Soulié, we find: "A dress for The School for Husbands, consisting of breeches, doublet, cloak, collar, purse and girdle, all of a kind of brown coloured (couleur de muse) satin."] } } brothers. ARISTE, )
VALÈRE, lover to Isabella.
ERGASTE, servant to Valère.
A MAGISTRATE.
[Footnote: The original has un Commissaire, who in Molière's time, appears to have been a kind of inferior magistrate under the authority of the Lieutenant-général de la Police. The Commissaires de Police were not established till 1699; and The School for Husbands was played for the first time in 1661.]
A NOTARY.
ISABELLA, ) ) sisters. LÉONOR, }
LISETTE, maid to Isabella.
Scene.—A PUBLIC PLACE IN PARIS.
THE SCHOOL FOR HUSBANDS.
(L'ECOLE DES MARIS).
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