BroadwayPlayComedy2010
La BĂȘte
- Dates
- Oct 14, 2010 â Jan 9, 2011
- Performances
- 101
About
La BĂȘte is a 1991 comedy play by American playwright David Hirson. Written in rhymed couplets of iambic pentameter, the MoliĂšre-inspired story, set in 17th-century France, pits dignified, stuffy Elomire, the head of the royal court-sponsored theatre troupe, against the foppish, frivolous street entertainer Valere, whom the troupe's patron, Prince Conti, wishes them to bring aboard. Despite Elomire's violent objections, the company is forced to perform one of Valere's own plays, which results in dramatic changes to the future of Elomire, Valere, and the company itself.