The wealthy peasant George Dandin has married Angélique de Sotenville, the daughter of a ruined nobleman, and obtained the title of “Monsieur de la Dandinière”. But it does not take long for him to realise that his marriage is merely a fool…
Inspired by a tale from the Middle Ages, Georges Dandin or the Confounded Husband hides “behind the laughter the fact that a social order is crumbling and that a new world is emerging”, comments Hervé Pierre, sociétaire of the Comédie…