City Theatre Company is bringing one of the world’s most enduring comedies to the stage this summer with a new production of Molière’s Tartuffe, or The Hypocrite. The play runs June 13–29 at Genesis ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio — When Cleveland Play House announced it would stage Molière’s “Tartuffe,” I was skeptical. How could an audience in 2026 relate to a French farce from 1664? Director Jason O’Connell ...
Swindling hypocrites are having a moment this season. Two distinct off-Broadway productions of the 1664 Molière play Tartuffe—in which an ingratiating, self-righteous fraud cons a wealthy French ...
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The cast of Circle Theatre's 'Imposter! Hypocrite! Tartuffe!' (Photo by TayStan Photography) In her director’s notes in the program for Imposter! Hypocrite! Tartuffe!, director and playwright and ...
True faith or glitzy imitation-is it possible to tell the difference? At C.G. Woodson's production of "Tartuffe: The Rhinestone Hypocrite," the answer is a resounding, and often tragic, no. A world ...
Tartuffe is a dark comedy about a religious hypocrite who deceives and seduces a wealthy family that has been performed for years and yet may never be more relevant. With a razor-sharp translation by ...
Tartuffe is a 17th-century comedic play by Molière that explores themes of religious hypocrisy, family dynamics, and societal norms. Set in the opulent Parisian residence of Orgon, the play ...
Setting Tartuffe unfolds within the luxurious home of a wealthy family in Paris, France, during the mid-seventeenth century under King Louis XIV's reign. The entire plot occurs in Orgon's ...
Tartuffe is an impostor, as the title suggests, and not an actual member of the church; nevertheless, Molière used a “low” art form to create a character that parodies false piety.