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Tartuffe New edition
Author(s): Moliere (Author)
- Publisher: Nick Hern Books
- Publication Date: 22 Feb. 2002
- Edition: New edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 129 pages
- ISBN-10: 1854596373
- ISBN-13: 9781854596376
Book Description
Number fifty four in NHB’s Drama Classics Series, providing the world’s great drama at a great price. The introduction to this edition of Tartuffe includes a short biography of Moliere and chronology of his work; a guide to what happens in the play; a short history of the play and its context; and a brief guide to characterisation, language, staging and and themes.
Condemned by the authoriries and banned for five years in Moliere’s day, “Tartuffe” is a satire on religious hypocrisy. Tartuffe worms his way into Orgon’s household, blinding the master of the house with his religious devotion, and almost succeeds in his attempts to seduce his wife and disinherit his children before the final unmasking.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Few finer studies of hypocrisy and zeal have been penned…not simply a farce about a knave and a fool: it becomes a rich comedy about the ability of a self-deceiving hypocrite to prey on a religious fanatic. –The Guardian
About the Author
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (1622–1673), known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature. Among Molière’s best known works are The Misanthrope, The School for Wives, Tartuffe New edition, The Miser, The Imaginary Invalid and The Bourgeois Gentleman.
