Name: Tartuffe
Rating: 3.363636363636364 (55 reviews)

Molière

Liz Lochhead

a translation into Scots from the original by Molière

Tartuffe

Moliere

Molia]re

Richard Wilbur's verse translation of Tartuffe has been acclaimed as a masterpiece in its own right. Set in rhymed couplets, it captures not only the tone of the original but the dramatic energy as well. Not surprisingly, the play in this translation has been performed regularly over the years. One of Moliere's most popular plays, Tartuffe, written in 1669, tells the story of Orgon, a rich bourgeois who has become a prude and bigot in his middle age. He is the perfect mark for Tartuffe, a wily opportunist and swindler, who ingratiates himself with Orgon by affecting an air of piety. Soon the gulled Orgon not only hands over his fortune but offers his daughter in marriage to Tartuffe. But Orgon discovers his "spiritual" master's true nature in a most shocking and hilarious fashion.

Comedy in Five Acts, 1669

One of the most iconic plays in french literature, this play is about Orgon and his big family which is split by Orgon's love and devotion for a poor holy man, Tartuffe, who is otherwise a despicable manipulative and a very selfish con man. The play has its great share of humour and well depictions of different personalities shown as they circle around Tartuffe's true nature. It is a good play and I surely recommend this to others!

Aarush Arora

Condemned and banned for five years in Molière'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.

Abby

This translation of the classic is a gem! So beautifully rhymes and keeping the spirit of the original in English. Truly great!

Tartuffe a translation into Scots from the original by Molière

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