A man in love, a tight deadline—and a parade of talkative pests. In The Bores: A Comedy in Three Acts, Molière delivers a fast-paced and delightfully absurd satire of social annoyances and conversational overkill. Éraste is a man with a mission: he has only a short time to secure approval to marry the woman he loves. But as he rushes to meet his goal, he is constantly interrupted by an endless stream of tiresome bores—know-it-alls, braggarts, pedants, and obsessive sportsmen—each more self-impor ...