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Full-Length Play, Comedy / 4w, 9m
Christopher Hampton, Jean Baptiste Molière
Translated by Christopher Hampton
"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." — London Times
This translation of Moliere's classic depiction of hypocrisy in action was done for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
The play is set in Paris, in Orgon's house.
"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
Christopher Hampton became involved in theatre while studying French and German at Oxford University, and wrote a play in his first year.
The Royal Court's subsequent production was so successful that it transferred to the Comedy Theatre while he was still a student, making hi ...