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Summary
French billionaire Orgon, relocated to Los Angeles with his family, has fallen under the spell of Tartuffe, a radical American evangelist. So comprehensively is he hoodwinked that Tartuffe looks set to steal his fortune, drive away his son, seduce his wife and marry his daughter.
Molière’s classic comedy, adapted by Christopher Hampton and directed by the former dramaturg of the French People’s National Theatre, Gérald Garutti, premiered in May 2018, the West End’s first dual language theatre production.
This is a bilingual edition of the text.
ChristopherHampton
Christopher Hampton was born in the Azores in 1946. He wrote his first play, When Did You Last See My Mother?, at the age of eighteen. Since then, his plays have included The Philanthropist, Savages, Tales from Hollywood, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, White Chameleon, The Talking Cure, Appomattox and A German Life. Appomattox was turned into an opera by Philip Glass…
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