Tartuffe (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Moliere
- First Published: 1669
- Type of Work: Comedy
- Genres: Drama, Comedy, Comedy of manners
- Subjects: Family or family life, France or French people, Religion, Paris, Seventeenth century, Impostors or imposture
- Locales: Paris, France
Despite his central role, Tartuffe is not the play’s principal character. That dubious distinction belongs to Orgon, the wealthy bourgeois who has befriended Tartuffe and is almost willingly gulled by the latter’s machinations.
The character of Tartuffe himself does not appear onstage until the third of the play’s five acts, by which time his entrance has been amply prepared by grumblings among the various members of Orgon’s household. A most selfish and demanding houseguest, Tartuffe has turned the household upside down, disrupting any semblance of order and routine....
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