Clitandre seeks the hand of Henriette, a match heartily approved by her father, Chrysale. However, his wife, Philaminte, has other plans for her younger daughter—namely, marriage to a foppish wit who panders to Philaminte’s middle-class pretensions. Full of wildly comic characters, each more extreme than the last, Molière’s most popular play is sure to have you rolling in the aisles.