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Aug 30, 2023 · Lantern Theater Company’s production of Molière’s Tartuffe, translated into English verse by Richard Wilbur, is onstage September 7 through October 8, 2023, at St. Stephen’s Theater.
May 11, 2023 · But a current production of “Tartuffe,” presented by the theater company Molière in the Park, drawing from the playwright’s original version, takes a different approach. A cause célèbre ...
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A night in the Abbey is always one well spent, so if you’re a complete theatre buff, Tartuffewill not disappoint. As someone who had never studied the play and knew very little about it going in, I can say this largely didn’t hinder my experience, which I can attribute to it being a retelling and not a word for word translation. That said, if you h...
The stage is split in two; one side presents the 17th century home of Orgon (Frank McClusker) his wife Elmire (Aislín McGuckin) and his children, with all its classic furniture, a table where each scene centres around, and doors that allow people to eavesdrop on any and all conversations. The other side is mostly bare, save for a charging phone or ...
Tartuffeis a Molière play, first performed in the 17th century, that strongly echoes themes and concepts of 21st Century Ireland, so much so that playwright Frank McGuinness retells the story, bringing in elements of our current age such as selfies, TikTok dances, and songs such as “Slave 4 You” by Britney Spears assisting the transition from one s...
It’s hard to settle on simply one moment as the highlight. For a play with so many moving parts, you’d be hard pressed to choose one scene or character as the stand-out. Whether it’s that the play opened to Azealia Bank’s “212”, or the servant girl, who has no lines, but acts her socks off as she is consistently battered in outlandish but hilarious...
There is a sign language interpreted performance on Thursday March 30th at 7:30pm, as well as an audio description and captioned performance on Saturday April 8th at 2pm. The Abbey has wheelchair access, as well as seating that doesn’t require steps. Those with accessibility issues cannot access the Abbey bar, which is upstairs, but staff can organ...
12th – 15th April, The Lime Tree Theatre, Limerick18th – 22nd April, Black Box Theatre, Galway25th – 29th April, Lyric Theatre, Belfast3rd – 6th May, An Grianán Theatre, LetterkennyJust as Translations captivated me last summer, Tartuffedid the same. There’s something special about going into a show blind, witnessing instead of reading and studying a story, and as a result I was consistently surprised throughout. While I have very few criticisms of the play – I can honestly say I was never bored throughout its run-time – I th...
Jan 27, 2022 · Van Hove also sees a love story where there isn’t one. In his production, Tartuffe doesn’t just try to deceive Orgon, the man of the house, and seduce Elmire, his wife; Elmire actually falls ...
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Nov 18, 2018 · Pima Community College’s Center for the Arts presents Moliere’s Tartuffe, a comedy about Orgon, a wealthy Parisian patriarch who falls under the influence of Tartuffe, a hypocrite and conman. Scarlett Sky was enchanting as Elmire. This young woman has incredible focus and engagement. She always seemed to have an internal dialogue.
Mar 14, 2023 · Here’s our Tartuffe, or rather McLaughlin’s: a purveyor of fake news, an anti-social influencer, a one-man internet rabbit hole down which the Orgon household threatens to disappear.
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May 11, 2023 · Whether this Tartuffe’s downfall will be contrived by a woman remains to be seen, but maybe E. Jean Carroll has already done some effective tilting at that now-severely-tilted windmill. Tartuffe opened May 11, 2023, at Prospect Park’s LeFrak Center (Brooklyn) and runs through May 27. Tickets and information: moliereinthepark.org
