Tartuffe, by Molière

Tartuffe, by Molière - Paperback

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Tartuffe, by Molière - Paperback

Tartuffe, by Molière - Paperback

by Molière
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Book Overview

"A continuous delight from beginning to end" (Richard Eberhart). Introduction by Richard Wilbur.

One of Molière's most popular and frequently performed plays, Tartuffe has been skilfully translated into English in brilliant rhymed couplets by Richard Wilburg, who won a share of the Bollingen Translation Prize for his much-acclaimed translation of this satiric turn on religious hypocrisy.

The central character of the play is a rich bourgeois named Orgon, who in middle age has become a bigot and a prude. The title character, a wily opportunist and swindler, affects sanctity and gains complete ascendancy over Orgon, who not only attempts to turn over his fortune but offers his daughter in marriage to his "spiritual guide. It is only when Orgon witnesses Tartuffe's attemps to seduce his wife that he comes to his senses.
ISBN9780156881807
Author Molière
PublisherEcco Press
GenreArts and Drama
FormatPaperback
PublishedJanuary 1968
LanguageENG- English
Pages176
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceTeens & young adults and Adults
Print SizeStandard Print

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The Plays for Performance series is edited by Nicholas Rudall, former artistic director of the Court Theatre at the University of Chicago where he is professor of classics, and Bernard Sahlins, founder and director of the Second City. They both live in Chicago, Illinois.

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