Molière

Jack Worthington is an upstanding gentleman in Victorian society. He just has one secret-he tells everyone that he has a brother named Earnest, when, in reality, Earnest is his alter ego. This allows him a certain duality; he can go out and party as Earnest, but have a sterling reputation as Jack. However, he must merge the two when Jack discovers that his lover, Gwendolyn, will only marry a man named Earnest. Meanwhile, Algernon, a family friend,...

"Classic satire, one of the best by France's greatest comedic playwright, pokes fun at the sham and hypocrisy of 17th-century French society. A wealthy tradesman, Monsieur Jourdain, yearns to become a gentleman in order to win the hand of a marchioness, disregarding the inconvenient fact that he is already married, but only succeeds in making a fool of himself"--

When Count Oetsch is accused of murdering his brother, a family row begins which has unnerving results; sinister Count Orlok wreaks havoc as he arrives at his new residence in Wisburg, leaving corpses in his wake; a hotel doorman is demoted to washroom attendant because of his age; a benevolent dictator tries to preserve his tiny nation of Abacco by fending off creditors, wooing a wealthy Russian princess, and evading conspirators; Herr Orgon's wife...