Tartuffe - Moliere

The play Tartuffe by Moliere is a five act comedy about a con-man named Tartuffe. Tartuffe acts as a pious man in order to gain the confidence of a noble named Orgon, and to intricate himself in to Orgon's household. However, everyone, aside from, Orgon, see Tartuffe for the trickster he is. Tartuffe is revealed for the man he his when caught in the act of seducing Orgon's wife. Moliere combines both the genius of Shakespeare's plays and the low humor of slap-stick comedy it to an enjoyable and fascinating play. While I find the cover a put off, do not let that stop you from buy this amazing ... more

This is the masterpiece of French comedy and has become so famous as to warrant being a word in itself – to be Tartuffed. This is to be duped as Orgon is in the play by a fraud. Tartuffe professes to be a religious man of abstention and chastity but soon he takes over the household and tries to seduce Orgon’s wife and throw them out of the house. It is a very funny play and never ceases in its uses of comic types and situations. This is the gem in Moliere’s crown and should not be missed. Buy it, read it, lend it out and adore it. ... more