Series: NHB Modern Plays

Imprint: Nick Hern Books

Published in volume Miseryguts & Tartuffe

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Modern drama (post-1945)

First Staged:
Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, 1986

Tartuffe

By Molière Adapted by Liz Lochhead

Published in volume Miseryguts & Tartuffe

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A rollicking Scots version of Molière's comic masterpiece Tartuffe.

Translated into an energetic Scots, Lochhead brings out Molière's mix of political satire and black comedy as the religious hypocrite, Tartuffe, worms his way into Orgon's household.

Liz Lochhead's version of Tartuffe was first performed in January 1986 at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh.

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'A complete theatrical winner, a brilliant blend of traditional lowland Scots, contemporary Glasgow patter and lethally sophisticated female wit'

Guardian

Series: NHB Modern Plays

Imprint: Nick Hern Books

Published in volume Miseryguts & Tartuffe

Tags:

Modern drama (post-1945)

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