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Tartuffe

MoliereBolt, Ranjit (Author)(Translated by)
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"The religious fraud Tartuffe has wormed his way into the affections and household of rich merchant, Orgon, with pantomime piety and counterfeit zeal.

So comprehensively has he hoodwinked Orgon that he looks set to succeed in driving away the son, marrying the daughter, seducing the wife and imprisoning Orgon. Moliere's classic satire was denounced on its first performance as a sacrilegious outrage and banned from further public view.

Only after petition to Louis XIV was the ban lifted, and the play's trenchant mockery of human frailties has ensured its popularity ever since."

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Oberon Modern Plays
1840022604 / 9781840022605
Paperback / softback
842.4
20/02/2002
United Kingdom
English
21 cm
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