Les Dones Sâvies

Catalan version of Molière's comedy Les femmes savantes, with two performers who also direct the production. A satire on pedantry in which the women's learning sets the plot in motion.

This production reinterprets Molière's comedy of manners, first staged in the seventeenth century, with a family tangle in which the women's interest in learning serves to expose a conceited poet of little stature. The Catalan version, premiered with only two performers, transposes the satire to the pedants of today and departs from the conventions of classical staging.

Ricard Farré and Enric Cambray direct the production and also perform on stage. The dramaturgy is by Lluís Hansen and Ricard Farré, the set design by Enric Romaní, the costumes by Marc Udina and the lighting by Adrià Aubert. Júlia Bonjoch handles the movement and assistant direction, and the characterisation is by Àngels Palomar i Marquès – Damaret.

The production has been awarded the BBVA prize ex aequo for best actors and the Teatre del Mar audience award, and has been nominated for the Premios de la Crítica and the Premios Butaca. The Teatre Goya in Barcelona is a theatre devoted mainly to staging plays.