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Tartuffe, or The Impostor, or The Hypocrite (/ t ɑːr ˈ t ʊ f,-ˈ t uː f /; [1] French: Tartuffe, ou l'Imposteur, pronounced [taʁtyf u lɛ̃pɔstœʁ]), first performed in 1664, is a theatrical comedy (or more specifically, a farce) by Molière. The characters of Tartuffe, Elmire, and Orgon are considered among the greatest classical ...
Scene 1: Elmire at last persuades Orgon to witness Tartuffe's treachery with his own eyes. Orgon is to hide under a table, and come out when Elmire signals by coughing. The wary villain enters. Elmire professes great feeling for him, and Tartuffe demands to "savor some tender favor" as proof, freely admitting his lust for her.
Grimes played the role of Elmire in the 1978 Broadway and television production of Tartuffe. She originated roles in several works by Noël Coward, including Elvira in High Spirits and Lulu in Look After Lulu! In 1966, she starred in her own television series, The Tammy Grimes Show. Grimes was also known for her cabaret acts.
Freyda Thomas adapts Moliere's 'Tartuffe' with an American twist in a winning production at Topanga's beloved Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum.
Ehle made her West End debut as Elmire in the 1991 Peter Hall Company production of Tartuffe, for which she won second prize at the Ian Charleson Awards. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Hall then cast her as Calypso in The Camomile Lawn (1992), a television adaptation of Mary Wesley 's book of the same name , in which she and her mother played the same character ...
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He hopes to perform a short play he has written for the occasion. Molière, however, has been presented to the family and staff of Monsieur Jourdain as Tartuffe, a priest who is to serve as tutor for the Jourdains' younger daughter. As the story progresses Molière proceeds to fall in love with Jourdain's neglected wife, Elmire.
he tales were scrubbed further and the Disney princesses -- frail yet occasionally headstrong, whenever the trait could be framed as appealing — were born. In 1937, . Walt Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves" was released to critical acclaim, paving the way for future on-screen adaptations of classic tales.