The Miser

Greed is good. Or so thinks Harpagon, who has beggared his family to safeguard his hefty stash of cash. But now his frustrated children have to outsmart the old man to get the money they need to marry the mates they want. Can Harpagon hold on to his hoard (and get himself a hot young bride in the bargain), or will his kids finally loosen his grip on the family fortune? Moliere’s The Miser explores life’s eternals — love and money — and still strikes a responsive chord in contemporary audiences conditioned in cynicism.