Tartuffe
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3.6 • 8 Ratings
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- $5.99
Publisher Description
Initially banned in France by King Louis, Molière's celebrated social satire Tartuffe exposes false piety and hypocrisy in the Catholic Church. When a pious fraud worms his way into a wealthy family and manipulates the patriarch into giving up his fortune, it’s up to his family to expose the truth before they end up in the poorhouse!
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance starring:
Brian Bedford as Tartuffe
JB Blanc as M. Loyal and Officer
Daniel Blinkoff as Damis
Gia Carides as Dorine
Jane Carr as Mme. Pernelle
John de Lancie as Cleante
Martin Jarvis as Orgon
Alex Kingston as Elmire
Matthew Rhys as Valere
Sarah Zimmerman as Mariane
Translated by Richard Wilbur. Directed by Dakin Matthews. Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in June, 2010.
Customer Reviews
Excellent with the Text.
Excellent diction & phrasing of the rhyming couplets! Elmire, Dorine, and Cleante really shine. Madame Pernelle's obstreperousness in Act 1.1 is perfect! The scene b/w Elmire & Tartuffe is also quite satisfying; Tartuffe's barely constrained neurotically salacious trembling and heavy breathing is hilarious with a sense of the pathetic and wretched. My only disappointment is in Orgon, who seems represented here as too sober for the fool the character is. Overall, a quality reading (but it's to follow without the text).
Vibrant
Wish I could have seen this!!