Tartuffe
by Jean-baptiste Moliere

Name: Tartuffe
Brand: Jean-baptiste Moliere
SKU: 9780573617461
Rating: 4.25 (4 reviews)

Off-West End

Highlights

Medium Cast

Female

Male

90 minsPresent DayInterior SetPeriod CostumesAmerican Adaptation Comedy

What readers are saying

Readers appreciate the fresh take on Tartuffe, particularly enjoying the 80's setting and the reinterpretation of Tartuffe as a televangelist. Many find that despite the reimagining, the essence of Molière is well-preserved.

Fresh and fun translationStrong Molière essenceCreative 80's settingSome liberties taken with the original

Synopsis

Comedy / 6m, 5f / Int. This modern adaptation casts Tartuffe as a deposed televangelist who rooks Orgon and his family of their money and property and nearly compromises Orgon's wife.

The action takes place in a religious television studio in Baton Rouge where the characters cavort to either prevent or aid Tartuffe in his machinations.

Written in modern verse, Tartuffe: Born Again adheres closely to the structure and form of the original.

Moliere's legendary comedic characters are delightfully at home in this modern day version that played at New York's Circle in the Square.

Press Reviews

"An astonishingly delightful romp."
— New York Post

"A rollicking evening of grace and fun."
— NY Newsday

"The assumption behind this ferociously brilliant production is that Tartuffe is much too serious and alarming a work to be insulated behind any English equivalent of French classical style. The greatest compliment I can bestow on Hampton's translation is that...you hardly notice it. Plain, perfectly phrased blank verse does the job."
— London Times

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
MADAME PERNELLE(Orgon's mother) , Orgon's mother	female	—	, Orgon's mother
ORGON(Elmire's husband) , Elmire's husband	male	—	, Elmire's husband
ELMIRE(Orgon's wife) , Orgon's wife	female	—	, Orgon's wife
DAMIS(Orgon's son) , Orgon's son	male	—	, Orgon's son
MARIANE(Orgon's daughter) , Orgon's daughter, in love with Valère	female	—	, Orgon's daughter, in love with Valère
VALÈRE , in love with Mariane	—	—	, in love with Mariane
CLÉANTE(Orgon's brother) , Orgon's brother-in-law	male	—	, Orgon's brother-in-law
TARTUFFE , a hypocrite	—	—	, a hypocrite
DORINE(Mariane's maid) , Mariane's maid	female	—	, Mariane's maid
MONSIEUR LOYAL , a bailiff	—	—	, a bailiff
AN OFFICER	—	—	—
FLIPOTE(Pernelle's maid) , Mme Pernelle's maidservant	female	—	, Mme Pernelle's maidservant
LAURENT , Tartuffe's manservant	male	—	, Tartuffe's manservant

Videos

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Available Editions

Format	Publisher	Year	Pages	ISBN-13	Price
[electronic Resource] /	—	—	—	9780585049625	—
Audio	—	2004	—	9780320066344	—
eBook	—	2009	—	9781412193368	—
eBook	—	2005	—	9781554455546	—
eBook	—	2005	—	9781412176699	—
Hardcover	—	1997	—	9780614294071	—
Hardcover	—	1991	141	9781878417213	—
Paperback · Hampton, translation	Samuel French	1984	—	9780573617461	Buy
Paperback	Samuel French	1997	132	9780573652424	Buy
Paperback · Wilbur	Dramatists Play Service	1998	72	9780822211112	Buy
Paperback	Nick Hern Books	2002	128	9781854596376	Buy
Paperback	—	2007	240	9780393931396	—
Paperback	—	2005	88	9781420926088	—
Paperback	—	2003	111	9781840022605	—
Paperback	—	2011	98	9781619491755	—
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