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Tartuffe, or The Impostor, or The Hypocrite (/ t ɑːr ˈ t ʊ f,-ˈ t uː f /; [1] French: Tartuffe, ou l'Imposteur, pronounced [taʁtyf u lɛ̃pɔstœʁ]), first performed in 1664, is a theatrical comedy by Molière. The characters of Tartuffe, Elmire, and Orgon are considered among the greatest classical theatre roles.
The Tartuffe figure who insinuates himself into the household for his own enrichment is Bégearss. Like Molière's original, he gains such influence over the head of the household that even when the latter finally understands the deception, the intruder is so firmly in control of the family's affairs that is only with difficulty that he is ...
Élisabeth appeared, as Elisabeth Guy, on TV and in movies. Later she appeared with Gérard Depardieu: Le tartuffe (1984), and later, while husband and wife they played husband and wife in Jean de Florette (1986). She participated at the 19th Brest European Short Film Festival in 2004 as a member of the jury.
Annie Mercier is a French film and theatrical actress who received two nominations at the Molière Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2009 for her role in Tartuffe and in 2019, for her role in Thyestes. [1] [2]
(Peter's father, James L. Coffield, was widowed in 1935; he married Peter's mother, Mary White, in 1939. They had two children together, Michael and Peter, and the children from both marriages lived as a single family.) Coffield's father died in 1960; his mother died in 2001 in Tasmania, Australia, at the age of 94. [6]
Freyda Thomas adapts Moliere's 'Tartuffe' with an American twist in a winning production at Topanga's beloved Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum.
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He hopes to perform a short play he has written for the occasion. Molière, however, has been presented to the family and staff of Monsieur Jourdain as Tartuffe, a priest who is to serve as tutor for the Jourdains' younger daughter. As the story progresses Molière proceeds to fall in love with Jourdain's neglected wife, Elmire.