Tartuffe
The first three acts of Molière's Tartuffe were first performed for Louis XIV in 1664, but the play was almost immediately suppressed-not because the King disliked it, but because the church resented the insinuation that the pious were frauds. After several different versions were written and performed privately, Tartuffe was eventually published in its final five-act form in 1669...
The first three acts of Molière's Tartuffe were first performed for Louis XIV in 1664, but the play was almost immediately suppressed-not because the King disliked it, but because the church resented the insinuation that the pious were frauds. After several different versions were written and performed privately, Tartuffe was eventually published in its final five-act form in 1669...
