L'Étourdi ou les Contretemps

L'Étourdi ou les Contretemps
Frontispiece from a 1682 edition
Written byMolière
Date premiered1655
Place premieredLyon
Original languageFrench
GenreComedy
SettingMessina, Sicily

L’Étourdi ou les Contretemps (The Blunderer, or the Counterplots), also known in English as The Bungler, is a five-act theatrical comedy by the French playwright Molière. After premiering in Lyon in 1655, it appeared at the Théâtre du Petit-Bourbon in Paris in November 1658. The plot follows a servant's schemes to help his wealthy employer win the affections of a poor young woman.

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