Tartuffe

by Jean Baptiste Moliere
Translation by Richard Wilbur

 

Synopsis: The story takes place in the home of the wealthy Orgon, where Tartuffe—a fraud and a pious imposter—has insinuated himself. He succeeds magnificently in winning the respect and devotion of the head of the house and then tries to marry his daughter and seduce his wife and scrounge the deed to the property. He nearly gets away with it, but an emissary from King Louis XIV arrives in time to recover the property, free Monsieur Orgon and haul Tartuffe off to jail. And so his duplicity is finally exposed and punished. But not before the author has mercilessly examined the evil that men can commit in the guise of religious fervor and the dangers that imperil those who would believe only what they choose to believe despite a mountain of evidence to the contrary.

Cast

Mme. Pernelle	Faye Roberts
Orgon	George Gabana
Elmire	Judy Crittenden
Damis	David F. Lee
Mariane	Julie Halpern
Valere	David Pinning
Cleante	David Matthews
Tartuffe	Coleman Stokes
Dorine	Ann DeFoore
M. Loyal	Steve Tuley
An Officer	Petter Collins
Flipote	Paula Roberts

 

Production Staff

Director	Harry N. Langdon
Set & Lighting Designer	Peter B. Young
Costumes Provided By	Brooks-Van Horn, New York
Costumes Coordinator	Linda Sue Lee
Technical Director	Peter B. Young
Production Stage Manager	Roger O'Neal
Master Electrician	Steve Tuley
Light Board Operator	Norman Sutter
Light Crew	Fernando Guinea
	Maurya Schweizer
Scenic Artists	Patti Zarek
	Fernando Guinea
	Steve Tuley
	Don Julian
	Eli Ross
	George Gabana
	Roger O'Neal
	Pete Collins
	David Matthews
	Maurya Schweizer
	Hughy Hearn
	Vincent Syphox
Props Crew	Ann DeFoore
	Faye Roberts
	Julie Halpern
	Paula Roberts
Sound Master	Steve Tuley
House Manager	Pete Collins