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Tartuffe (Malleson Adaptation)

Full-Length Play  /  4w, 8m

Adapted by Miles Malleson

The prologue introduces Moliere's troupe and dramatizes the King's invitation to present the controversial play Tartuffe, considered by many to be Moliere's best work. A hypocrite to whom Orgon entrusts his soul, his house and fortune, and finally his daughter is in love with another. By the time Or…

Tartuffe (Malleson Adaptation)

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    4w, 8m
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The prologue introduces Moliere's troupe and dramatizes the King's invitation to present the controversial play Tartuffe, considered by many to be Moliere's best work. A hypocrite to whom Orgon entrusts his soul, his house and fortune, and finally his daughter is in love with another. By the time Orgon sees the light, only the courts can insure justice.

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Jean Baptiste Molière

Molière was the leading French comic actor, stage director and dramatic theoretician of the seventeenth century.

He was born Jean Baptiste Poquelin on January 15, 1622, to Marie and Jean Poquelin. His father was a Parisian furniture merchant and upholsterer to the king. Jean ...

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