Robert S. Miser Jr., a member of the Lacrosse Hall of Fame who was a three-time All-American at West Point and captain of Army’s 1960 team, died Jan. 21 from dementia at the University of Maryland St.

“The Miser,” a farce by Moliere, was first performed in 1668, and is based on a play by Plautus, a second century BC Roman playwright. But it works quite well today, perhaps because the adaptation by ...