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Definition of Harpagon

Harpagon
Harpagon Har"pa*gon, n. [L. harpago, Gr. ? hook, rake.] A grappling iron. [Obs.]

Meaning of Harpagon from wikipedia

- as from contemporary Italian farces. The miser of the title is called Harpagon, a name adapted from the Gr**** ἁρπάγη pronounced harpá****, meaning a hook...
- unhappy side of the character. Harpagon, unloved by humanity, is driven to an obsessive love of money. Louis de Funès: Harpagon Franck Cabot-David [fr]: Cléante...
- Orton. Directed by Braham Murray at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (2001). Harpagon, The Miser by Moliere. Directed by Helena Kaut-Howson at the Royal Exchange...
- especially a hypocrite displaying affected morality or religious piety. A harpagon, named after the main character of The Miser, is an obsessively greedy...
- Theatre Night 1988 production of The Miser opposite Nigel Hawthorne as "Harpagon" and Jim Broadbent as Maitre Jacques. Another role was that of Frieda Lawrence...
- influenced by the character Harpagon from Molière's play, The Miser. He wrote, “Molière had created Avarice with Harpagon; with Old Grandet, I have created...
- 1922: Collaborator 1923: Light Hand 1924: St Germans 1925: Picaroon 1926: Harpagon 1927: Tattoo 1928: Royal Minstrel 1929: Cragadour 1930: Writ 1931: Philae...
- Birling Royale Theatre 1994 Fiorello! Ben Marino Encores! 1990 The Miser Harpagon Circle in the Square Theatre 1989 Lend Me a Tenor Saunders Royale Theatre...
- performance in Saint Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh was the role of Harpagon in Molière's L'Avare, which was performed entirely in French. After theatre...
- Clair Performer Martin Crimp Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond 1992 The Miser Harpagon Moliere Royal Exchange, Manchester 1993 Poison Pen Eric Wells Ronald Harwood...