We know the story. Is it good to remember her? Briefly. We are in 1664. With the agreement of Louis XIV, Molière writes
Tartuffe
which is intended to be a satire of the devout. The clergy protest. Molière reworked his play, which was definitively accepted and staged in 1669 under the title
Tartuffe ou l'Imposteur
. It is her that we play since then. In the meantime, the first version has disappeared. However, it has just been
“reconstituted, restored”,
thanks to the eminent expert “Moliériste” Georges Forestier, assisted by Isabelle Grellet. It is unfortunately shorter (not including Acts II and V and the end of Act IV of the second version). But, as Forestier says, it is
"more powerful, more dynamic and much more comical"
. We will see it with interest.
Alas, we have just seen it.
At the Comedie Francaise.
One thing is its literary and historical interest.
Another thing is the theatrical quality of its performance, which the administrator of this repertoire theater saw fit to entrust to one of its directors...
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