Book cover for Le Tartuffe

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Characters: 9 male, 4 female

Scenery: Interior

This translation of Moliere's classic depiction of hypocrisy in action was done for the Royal Shakespeare Company.

"The assumption behind this ferociously brilliant production is that Tartuffe is much too serious and alarming a work to be insulated behind any English equivalent of French classical style. The greatest compliment I can bestow on Hampton's translation is that...you hardly notice it. Plain, perfectly phrased blank verse does the

  • ISBN10 0785928723
  • ISBN13 9780785928720
  • Publish Date 1 January 1973 (first published 1 December 1965)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 4 June 2021
  • Imprint French & European Publications Inc
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Language English