Event
Tartuffe
MFA Acting (International)
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Sat 19 Feb 22
19:30 - 21:00
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London
The Bridewell Theatre
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Event type
Student Production
Moliere’s celebrated comedy about a fake religious guru is rooted in Louis XIV’s gilded world corrupt to the core with patronage and greed. With incisive comic verve, Tartuffe exposes human folly -speaking as loudly today as it did in the age of the Sun King.
Written by Molière
Adapted by Simon Gray
Directed by Tony Graham
Assistant Directed by Jiarong Hu
Performed at The Bridewell Theatre, London, EC4Y8EQ
Tartuffe, the holy man, has swept into Orgon’s wealthy Parisian home seeking power, money and sex beneath the guise of piety and religion. Orgon’s household is thrown into disarray. With Orgon under his charismatic spell, there is no stopping Tartuffe. Orgon’s daughter, then his wife, and, ultimately, Orgon himself are at risk of losing everything. From a world dripping in gold and corruption, that of the Sun King Louis XIV, to the sleaze-ridden hypocrisies of our own ruling classes, Tartuffe is a timeless and intensely accurate observation of human folly. Moliere’s 17th century classic comedy speaks as loudly today as it did then.
