Tartuffe, or, The imposter
April 17, 2011Tartuffe
Call Number: VHS01659
by Antony Sher; Nigel Hawthorne; Christopher Hampton; Alison Steadman; Molière; RKO Home Video.; Royal Shakespeare Company.; Stratford-Barbican Television.; British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.; Opix Video.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: [Encino, Calif.] : RKO Home Video : Distributed by Opix Video, ©1984.
Notes: Originally released for TV in 1983 (110 min.) Based on the play Tartuffe by Moliére.
Summary: Clutching ever-present rosary beads, shifting uncomfortably within the hairshirt he wears as continual penance–and always eyeing the women as they pass–Tartuffe, Moliére’s master of unctuous evil, insinuates himself into a wealthy Parisian household in this indictment of religious hypocrisy. Posing as a holy man, the wily Tartuffe entrances Orgon, a credulous well-to-do merchant, bent on bestowing his worldly goods, social position, and nubile daughter on the perfidious fraud. Tartuffe delights in accepting it all–and also arranges a little depraved dalliance with Orgon’s young wife, Elmire.
OCLC #: 13533546
Added: April 17, 2011
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
