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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 (or more specifically, a farce) by Molière. The characters of Tartuffe, Elmire, and Orgon are considered among the greatest classical ...
Kirke Mechem (born August 16, 1925) is an American composer. His first opera, Tartuffe, with over 450 performances in nine countries, has become one of the most popular operas written by an American. He has composed more than 250 works in almost every form.
Mechem also wrote the English libretto. Based on the Molière's play Tartuffe, or the Impostor, it is a modern opera buffa set in Paris in the 17th century. Tartuffe premiered on May 27, 1980, at the San Francisco Opera [1] It has since seen over 400 performances in six countries and been translated into German, Russian, Chinese, Japanese and ...
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Off Broadway her credits include House and Garden, Woman in Mind (Manhattan Theatre Club), [11] Tartuffe, Born Again, The Importance of Being Earnest (Circle in the Square Theatre), [12] The Real Inspector Hound, [13] Gabriel at the Atlantic Theater Company, [14] Beyond the Horizon at the Irish Repertory Theatre, [15] Rasheeda Speaking at the ...
Sada Carolyn Thompson (September 27, 1927 – May 4, 2011) was an American stage, film, and television actress.Though best known to television audiences as Kate Lawrence in Family (1976–1980), for which she won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1978, Thompson originally won acclaim as a theater actress on Broadway winning a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play ...
At Yale, where he was a member of Skull and Bones and graduated as an English major (1962), he was discovered by Tennessee Williams, who saw his performance as Kilroy in Williams' play, Camino Real at the Yale Dramatic Association. Ligon became one of the most sought after young actors in New York in the 1960s.
Tartuffe is a 1664 comedy play by Molière. Tartuffe may also refer to: Tartuffe, a German silent film; Tartuffe (1965 film), an Australian television film; Le tartuffe, a 1984 French comedy film; Tartuffe, a 1980 opera by Kirke Mechem