Tartuffe

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Tartuffe is a classic 17th-century French comedic play by Molière that satirizes religious hypocrisy through the story of a pious fraud who deceives a wealthy household.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf play
satirical play
stage comedy
alternateTitle Tartuffe
surface form: Tartuffe, or The Impostor
antagonist Tartuffe self-link
author Molière
censorship banned by religious authorities in France
censorshipReason attack on religious hypocrisy
countryOfOrigin France
dramaticStructure five-act classical structure
firstPerformanceDate 1664
firstPerformancePatron Louis XIV of France
surface form: Louis XIV
firstPerformancePlace Versailles
firstPublicationDate 1669
genre comedy
comédie de mœurs
satire
hasAdaptation film adaptations
numerous stage adaptations worldwide
opera adaptations
television adaptations
influenceOn European comedic theatre
later satirical drama about religion
languageStyle formal poetic dialogue
literaryMovement French classicism
surface form: French classical theatre
mainCharacter Cléante
Dorine
Elmire
Madame Pernelle
Mariane
Orgon
Tartuffe self-link
Valère
mainTheme credulity
deception
family conflict
religious hypocrisy
notableCharacterTraitOfOrgon gullibility
notableCharacterTraitOfTartuffe hypocrisy
numberOfActs 5
originalLanguage French
originalTitle Tartuffe self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tartuffe ou l’Imposteur
protagonist Orgon
revisedVersionPremiereDate 1669
setting Orgon’s house in Paris
subjectMatter a pious fraud deceiving a wealthy household
timePeriodDepicted 17th-century France
verseForm rhymed alexandrines

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Molière notableWork Tartuffe
Tartuffe mainCharacter Tartuffe self-link
Tartuffe antagonist Tartuffe self-link
Tartuffe originalTitle Tartuffe self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tartuffe ou l’Imposteur
Tartuffe alternateTitle Tartuffe
this entity surface form: Tartuffe, or The Impostor
Lars Eidinger hasRole Tartuffe