At the Emporikon<\/strong> Theater, director Yannis Kakleas<\/strong> is tackling Moli\u00e8re\u2019s<\/strong> well-known comedy-enigma,*The Misanthrope*<\/strong>, for the new theater season.<\/p>\n\n Moli\u00e8re\u2019s<\/strong> biting prose, his relentless satire of the conservative hypocrisy of his time, and his belief in comedy as the most powerful weapon for social criticism make him a timelessly iconic writerwho\u201clives on<\/strong>\u201d today, despite the 400 years that have passed since his birth.<\/p>\n\n A man of the theater\u2014actor, playwright and theater director\u2014a master of theatrical practice\u2014with his comic flair and the masterpieces he wrote, he changed comedy forever.<\/p>\n\n They fought against him; they tried to silence his relentless criticism, but his bold social stance, his moral stature, and the power of his writing established him as one of the greatest creators in our theatrical tradition.<\/p>\n\n More relevant than ever, the autobiographical*Misanthrope*<\/strong>is written with sarcasm, anger, and an awareness of the absurdity of a rotten society in which hypocrisy, corruption, narcissism, injustice, sexism, the flaunting of wealth, the triumph of mediocrity, and the dominance of image are just some of its pathologies.<\/p>\n\n Alcest<\/strong>, the play\u2019s hero\u2014aggressive and disgusted by social decay, and angry at people\u2019s hypocrisy\u2014falls passionately in love with the beautiful Selim\u00e8ne<\/strong>, the epitome of femininity\u2014a product of the very system he detests. And he finds himself trapped. <\/p>\n\n In a virtual reality system where the \u201cmask\u201d is our own face, does love have a place in a society dominated by images?<\/p>\n\n In *The Misanthrope*<\/strong>, Moli\u00e8re\u2019s<\/strong> comic pen has the opportunity to satirize, using the tools of comedy that this brilliant writer knows how to employ, the eternal battle between men and women.<\/p>\n\n Yannis Kakleas<\/strong> attempts for the first time to engage with Moli\u00e8re\u2019s<\/strong> world in a subversive spirit, with the intention of highlighting the elements of the play that are directly relevant to the reality we experience today.<\/p>\n\n The cast consists of a group of exceptional actors:<\/p>\n\n Odysseas Papaspiliopoulos<\/strong> plays the Misanthrope<\/strong>, and Eugenia Samara<\/strong> plays the demonic Selimen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n Orod<\/strong>, the antagonist of *The Misanthrope*, Stelios Iakovidis<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n Athina Moustaka<\/strong> plays the role of Arsinoe<\/strong>, Selim<\/strong>‘s rival.<\/p>\n\n Thanos Birkos<\/strong> and Avgoustinos Koumoulos<\/strong> are suitors of the<\/strong> charming Selimen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n Alexis Fousekis<\/strong> and Kyriakos Salis<\/strong>, friends of the couple.<\/p>\n\n And finally, Fotini Atheridou<\/strong>, with her own satirical texts, takes on the role of a commentator who undermines any attempt by the play\u2019s characters to appear serious.<\/p>\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" at the Emporikon Theater At the Emporikon Theater, director Yannis Kakleas is tackling Moli\u00e8re\u2019s well-known comedy-enigma,*The Misanthrope*, for the new theater season. Moli\u00e8re\u2019s biting prose, his relentless satire of the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45207,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","cpt_portfolio_group":[459,476],"class_list":["post-45206","cpt_portfolio","type-cpt_portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cpt_portfolio_group-2022-2023","cpt_portfolio_group-emporikon-theater"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/a-th.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_portfolio\/45206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/a-th.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/a-th.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cpt_portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/a-th.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/a-th.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45206"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/a-th.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_portfolio\/45206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45212,"href":"https:\/\/a-th.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_portfolio\/45206\/revisions\/45212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/a-th.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/a-th.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cpt_portfolio_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/a-th.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_portfolio_group?post=45206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}