Andrea Pane as Harpagon with Desmond Thorne as La Fleche Photo

From: Photo Flash: UConn's THE MISER

Molière's unique blend of neurosis and knockabout is never more hysterically evident than in his comic masterpiece, The Miser. Old Harpagon is a penny-pinching miser who loves his hidden fortune more than his own children. When he gets in his mind that there is a penny to be made by marrying off his son and his daughter, both son and daughter foil their father's plan by falling head over heels for suitors of their own. A timely and horrifyingly funny look at the dark side of thrift at home.