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ADAPTED BY LOUISE FOX
DIRECTOR MATTHEW LUTTON
SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER ANNA TREGLOAN
LIGHTING DESIGNER PAUL JACKSON
COMPOSER PETER FARNAN
CAST INCLUDES
LAURA BRENT, MARCUS GRAHAM, FRANCIS GREENSLADE, PETER HOUGHTON, REBECCA MASSEY, BARRY OTTO, EZEKIEL OX, LUKE RYAN, ALISON WHYTE
SINNING IN SILENCE IS HARDLY SINNING
AT ALL.
This is Moliére’s dream of Melbourne 2008, where a moneyed
family is torn asunder by the arrival of Tartuffe, a charismatic
and diabolically witted Rasputin, a holy con-man whose handle for
seduction is as firm as his grasp on religious hypocrisy.
During Tartuffe’s 1664 premiere, Moliére’s
hilarious and savage satire against power and piety enraged the
religious censors, relying on the intervention of King Louis himself
to stay playing on the stage. In this outrageously sharp adaptation
by Louise Fox, the salons of Enlightenment Paris become the cabana
lounges of the new Toorak gentry, Armani suits replace ruffed collars
and doted-on old maids transform into pampered lap dogs.
Marcus Graham drips wicked as the notorious Tartuffe opposite Barry
Otto’s fawning but tyrannous Orgon alongside a troupe of exquisitely
cast clowns, including the divine Alison Whyte (Eldorado, Don’s
Party), Malthouse Theatre favourite Peter Houghton (The Pitch),
Francis Greenslade (Babes in the Wood) Rebecca Massey (Exit
The King, It Just Stopped) and Ezekiel Ox.
When your moral limits are measured by your credit rating, and piety
sets its price through the all ordinaries, you’d better make
sure you back a winner.
"Of all the farces written in the last 300 years, few would
seem more suitable for today’s audience than ‘Tartuffe,’
Moliére’s hilarious raillery against religious fanatics,
hypocrisy and sex."
The New York Times
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Malthouse Education
Teachers can make discounted bookings for their students to all
Malthouse
theatre season shows. See the School Bookings page. For more information
contact Meg Upton, Education Program Manager, or Mark Doggett, Education
Program Assistant on 03 9685 5165 or education@malthousetheatre.com.au
Moliere’s Tartuffe contains the infrequent use of coarse language, sexual references, and religious references.
Education rating: M 15+
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