Tartuffe

When Tartuffe arrives on the scene, however, the fun begins for Connell.

The most conventional show was another seldom-produced opera, Tartuffe (Jun.

Tartuffe is the archetypal confidence trickster, someone who preys on the vulnerability of others.

Moliere was threatened with execution by being burned alive for mocking the church and its holy values, and the Bishop of Paris threatened to excommunicate anyone found reading Tartuffe.

It is the first time that Hoipolloi have tackled a classic text but Shn says: "We feel Tartuffe is the perfect choice.

The author claims that, when writing Tartuffe, 'Moliere knew exactly what he was doing' (p.

Representing the power of reason in Moliere's Tartuffe are Orgon's brother-in-law Cleante, who advocates moderation; Orgon's second wife Elmire, who employs pragmatic negotiation; and Orgon's practical maid Dome, another pragmatist who offers alternative methods of responding to seemingly impossible dilemmas.

She has been ingenious in showing how a stick fashioned from the classic French theatrical repertoire, a performance of Moliere's comedy Tartuffe, could be used to beat local devots in the towns of provincial France.

Clunes tucks into the title role with relish as Tartuffe uses pantomime piety and counterfeit zeal to worm his way into the household of a rich merchant.

Liberals fought back, often calling for performances of Tartuffe, Moliere's 1664 play, which mocked hypocritical priests.

In fact, only the last chapter actually deals with the genre of theater, and even then, not with plays written during the Restoration but rather with the role of Moliere's Tartuffe in national politics.

This is not new news, and Hart's treatment of the plays (Il Pastor Fido, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, No hay burlas con el amor, Volpone, and Tartuffe) relies entirely too much on plot summary.

Bok tells us in its day Moliere's great play "Tartuffe" was a "symbol of depravity to some, evidence of [theatre's] glory to others." Doesn't this counsel us to err on the side of permissiveness?

Stephen has been on the London stage in Moliere's Tartuffe.