Peter Haber
Orgon
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Tartuffe, or The Hypocrite: Directed by Sven Strömerstén Holm. With Peter Haber, Robert Gustafsson, Ing-Marie Carlsson, Meta Velander. Tartuffe, an impostor and seducer, is terrorizing a family.
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- Comedy
- Sven Strömerstén Holm
- 1997-01-05
Tartuffe, or The Impostor, or The Hypocrite (/ t ɑːr ˈ t ʊ f,-ˈ t uː f /; [1] French: Tartuffe, ou l'Imposteur, pronounced [taʁtyf u lɛ̃pɔstœʁ]), first performed in 1664, is a theatrical comedy by Molière. The characters of Tartuffe, Elmire, and Orgon are considered among the greatest classical theatre roles.
- Molière
- 1949
May 11, 2023 · When “Tartuffe or The Hypocrite” begins, Tartuffe (Matthew Rauch, oilier than a perfect New York slice), a priestly figure, is already installed in the home of Orgon (Yonatan Gebeyehu), a ...
- Alexis Soloski
Molière's Tartuffe reveals how a religious hypocrite — an imposter — almost succeeds in his plot to jail a naive friend and his family and thereby cheat them out of their home. The social comedy, which satirizes false piety, hypocrites, and certain aspects of the Catholic Church, was perennially banned.
May 11, 2023 · In 2023, a spectator might not be criticized at viewing this Tartuffe as doubling for an allegory of today’s United States political environment – with Tartuffe representing a faux-pious former president and the hoodwinked Orgon standing in for the entire GOP. Whether this Tartuffe’s downfall will be contrived by a woman remains to be ...
Tartuffe is a hypocrite because he’s pretending to be pious when he’s not. Orgon is an even worse hypocrite because he has actually convinced himself of his own moral superiority. Orgon’s mother, Madame Pernelle, also firmly and hypocritically believes in her own righteousness.
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May 12, 2023 · Tartuffe or the Hypocrite. By Dan Stahl. May 12, 2023. Molière’s 1664 lampoon of religiosity premièred to such furor that it was banned after the first performance.
