Adapted from Moliere s "The Misanthrope, "David Ives s "The School for Lies" tells the comic tale of Frank, who shares with Moliere s Alceste a venomous hatred of the hypocrisy that surrounds him. Like his predecessor, Frank gets into trouble for insulting the work of a dreadful poet and falls in love with Celimene, a witty widow. In Ives s madcap version, however, Celimene returns Frank s affection because she wrongly believes him to be King Louis XIV s bastard brother. Borrowing from Shakespeare, reality TV, and everything in between, "The School for Lies" is an inspired entertainment as well as a pointed study in self-delusion, all rendered in sparkling couplets. ".