The miser

The Miser is a comic play adapted by Fielding from Molière's L'Avare. It centres on Lovegold, a rich old man whose love of money overrides every other feeling. He plans advantageous marriages for himself and his children, while the young people have their own romantic hopes.

The play moves through disguises, misunderstandings and a missing strongbox, and it makes fun of greed and parental tyranny. It was one of Fielding's more lasting stage successes.