Connie Yen 顏辰歡9743022

Outline

• Plot• About the author• Background• About the play

Plot

• Madame Pernelle• Orgon• Tartuffe• Elmire• Dorine• Cléante• Mariane• Damis• Valère

Molière

• 1645-1659 The Théâtre Illustre toured the provinces

• 1659-1663 Neoclassicalism• 1664-1668 Matured 《 Tartuffe》• 1668-1673

Background

• The Company of Holy Sacrament• The Neoclassical ideal *Five Acts *The Classical Unities: time, place, action *Tragedy could be written only about kings and nobles, whereas comedy should deal with the middle or lower classes *Poetic Justice

*costums

Houston’s Classical Theatre Company. 2010

*Stage Design

Tartuffe

• Realism• Neoclassicalism- Reason * Cléante• Satire- Company of Holy Sacrament *Tartuffe - Bourgeois classes *Orgon vs. Dorine