Tartuffe

An adaptation of the Moliere play by Mehmet Izbudak

Illuminated Productions are presenting a modernised adaptation of Moliere’s play Tartuffe at the New Wimbledon Studio, 103 The Broadway, Wimbledon, SW19 1QG from Tuesday 29^th January to Saturday 3^rd February 2008

Performances:

7:45 each evening with a Saturday matinee at 3pm.  Tickets are just £10 (£8.50 concession) for all evening performances and all tickets for the Saturday matinee are just £8.50.  Groups get a free ticket for every 10 booked

How to book tickets:

Please contact the theatre online or call the Box Office on 0871 297 5474

Groups & Schools: 0870 060 6644 (Open Mon – Sat 9am – 9pm, Sun 10am – 6pm)

About the play:

Mehmet Izbudak’s adaptation of Moliere's classic comedy satirizes religious hypocrisy and literalist interpretations of religion. Nearly everybody in Orgon’s family sees through Tartuffe’s hypocrisy and his attempts to trick his gullible and naive host of his wealth, wife and daughter. Will it be too late to save Orgon and his family from eviction and to protect them from scandal and prison?

Synopsis:

The play is set in the home of Orgon, a wealthy and well respected successful Parisian businessman

A life material and mercantile pursuit has left a void in Orgon’s life. He becomes interested in matters religious and spiritual. He is befriended by a self-righteous and destitute man called Tartuffe. Orgon is seduced by Tartuffe’s devout ways. He feels that he would fulfill his spiritual and moral goals by inviting Tartuffe to stay with him

While Orgon devotes attention to spiritual matters, his wealth, his stunning young wife and his gorgeous daughter will, of course, require protection. Tartuffe, naturally, volunteers to provide this protection. Despite loud and desperate protests from his family, Orgon fails to see through the deception until he signs away all his worldly possessions. But Tartuffe is unmasked for the nasty piece of work that he is, and all are the wiser for their encounter