After the preview of "The Misanthrope by Hugo Van der Ding and Martim Sousa Tavares from Molière" yesterday at the Olga Cadaval Cultural Center, the show opens on the 11th in Bragança, with our beloved actor DAVID ESTEVES in its cast! authors Hugo van der Ding and Martim Sousa Tavares directed by Mónica Garnel with Ana Guiomar, David Esteves, Inês Vaz, Joana Bernardo, João Vicente, José Neves, Manuel Coelho, Manuel Moreira set design and costumes Marta Carreiras light design Rui Monteiro sound design João Pratas original song Victoria recorder Débora Bessa violin and viola Kristina Van de Sand harpsichord, piano, synths and voice Margarida Campelo staging assistance Ana Água set and costume assistant Martim Rodrigues support for creation Inês Vaz Helena Vaz Pereira hair for GriffeHairstyle observer Carolina Ferraz clown workshop Margarida Gonçalves production Teatro Nacional D. Maria II It's opening night. Molière's Misanthrope will be performed for the first time in Portugal in front of the King and the entire court, and the show is far from ready. There's a group of actors, together for mysterious and diverse reasons, with their nerves on edge, ready to do much - or anything - even before Molière's blows are heard. There's a man who has an aversion to human beings, who doesn't like social interaction, who is melancholic, unsociable, misanthropic, an owl, a snitch. (in Priberam dictionary) Above all, there is the fervent desire to attend court and please the King. The crucial question is: "What happy chance brought you to this place?"