The School for Husbands

L'École des Maris

A Comedy In Three Acts

(1661)

Originally performed in 1661 in Paris.

This is the first of Moliere's full-length plays, preceding The School for Wives by a year. The plot centres on the suitors of two sisters, each of whom is a ward of each of the two men. One suitor, Sganarelle, is controlling and overbearing of his intended wife Isabella. The other suitor, Sganarelle's older brother Ariste, treats his intended wife Léonor more as an equal. Ariste eventually finds success in his pursued relationship, while Sganarelle fails miserably, so much so, in fact, that he is unwittingly used by Isabella in seeking her preferred courter, Valère.

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