Verse play · 1664
Tartuffe; or, The Hypocrite
Translated by Curtis Hidden Page (1908)
Orgon, a prosperous Parisian householder, has taken the pious Tartuffe into his home and fallen wholly under his spell, promising him his daughter's hand and his fortune. Orgon's family, led by the sharp-tongued maid Dorine and his wife Elmire, try to open his eyes to the impostor, who is in fact scheming to seize the house and seduce Elmire. Molière's comedy of religious hypocrisy was banned for five years after its first performance in 1664.
Contents · 34 parts
- Characters12 lines
- Act I, Scene 1about 190 lines
- Act I, Scene 243 lines
- Act I, Scene 37 lines
- Act I, Scene 49 lines
- Act I, Scene 549 lines
- Act I, Scene 6about 190 lines
- Act II, Scene 119 lines
- Act II, Scene 2about 190 lines
- Act II, Scene 3about 110 lines
- Act II, Scene 4about 220 lines
- Act III, Scene 134 lines
- Act III, Scene 235 lines
- Act III, Scene 3about 150 lines
- Act III, Scene 434 lines
- Act III, Scene 518 lines
- Act III, Scene 693 lines
- Act III, Scene 754 lines
- Act IV, Scene 184 lines
- Act IV, Scene 28 lines
- Act IV, Scene 3about 100 lines
- Act IV, Scene 430 lines
- Act IV, Scene 5about 150 lines
- Act IV, Scene 612 lines
- Act IV, Scene 732 lines
- Act IV, Scene 811 lines
- Act V, Scene 157 lines
- Act V, Scene 213 lines
- Act V, Scene 382 lines
- Act V, Scene 4about 120 lines
- Act V, Scene 518 lines
- Act V, Scene 635 lines
- Act V, Scene 792 lines
- Act V, Scene 815 lines