Tartuffe

Name: Tartuffe
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Author: Molière
ISBN: 9781580817783

Author: Molière

Narrator: Brian Bedford, Full Cast

Unabridged: 1 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works

Published: 08/18/2010

Categories: Fiction, Drama, Nonfiction, Performing Arts, Theater

Synopsis

Initially banned in France by King Louis, Molière's celebrated social satire Tartuffe exposes false piety and hypocrisy in the Catholic Church. When a pious fraud worms his way into a wealthy family and manipulates the patriarch into giving up his fortune, it’s up to his family to expose the truth before they end up in the poorhouse! An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance starring:Brian Bedford as TartuffeJB Blanc as M. Loyal and OfficerDaniel Blinkoff as DamisGia Carides as DorineJane Carr as Mme. PernelleJohn de Lancie as CleanteMartin Jarvis as OrgonAlex Kingston as ElmireMatthew Rhys as ValereSarah Zimmerman as Mariane Translated by Richard Wilbur. Directed by Dakin Matthews. Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in June, 2010. ©2010 L.A. Theatre Works (P)2010 L.A. Theatre Works

About Molière

Molière, the pen name and stage name of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (1622–1673), was a French actor, director, and author who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James

Book Review 4 out of 5 stars to Tartuffe a play written in 1664 by Molière. I read this play as part of a course on Theatre and Drama several years ago. I also acted in a staged version of this story. I really enjoyed it, especially learning more about the characters and story through the......more

Goodreads review by Riku

Mocking the Heavens As I read this I was reminded most often of the god-men of India: of their scandals, of their dedicated followers who are so willingly duped, and of the politicians who pretend to be devoted for their own purposes. I can only imagine what parallel suggestion would have been easily......more

Goodreads review by Manny

When I read this play for the first time, I had a strange feeling that I'd seen it somewhere before. Cretinous Orgon can't understand what's obvious to the audience and everyone else in the play, namely that the slimy cleric Tartuffe is not only trying to ruin him, but also to get into his wife's pa......more