Hello Molly Ayre, goodbye Art: the fate of high comedy. (Theatre).

Quadrant | September 1, 2002| | Copyright

DEVOTEES OF TRANSCRIPTESE have enjoyed seeing Gore Vidal, Henrik Ibsen and Ionesco appear in print as Gorver Dahl, Henry Gibson and Ian Esko, and may fantasise that Moliere will complete this jaunty quartet by being listed as Molly Ayre. It would mark the apogee of a dumbed-down society, but it is unlikely to happen. Moliere is the creator of high comedy and has joined his fellow practitioners William Congreve, Philip Barry and G.B. Shaw on the back benches of our culture. No one wants to produce or watch high comedy, any more than they want to pick up pins wearing boxing ...

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