Tartuffe: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Tartuffe, credited to Molière, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Tartuffe, by Molière. Translated by Curtis Hidden Page. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature. Among Molière's best-known works is Tartuffe or The Hypocrite, written in 1664. Though Tartuffe was received well by the public and even by Louis XIV, its popularity was lessened when the Archbishop of Paris issued an edict threatening excommunication for anyone who watched, performed in, or read the play. Tartuffe, a pious fraud who pretends to speak with divine authority, has insinuated himself into the household of Orgon. When Orgon announces that his daughter Mariane is to marry Tartuffe instead of her fiance Valère, the rest of the family realizes the extent of Tartuffe's influence over Orgon. Tartuffe tries to seduce Orgon's wife Elmire, who traps him into revealing to Orgon his intentions toward her. Orgon throws Tartuffe out of the house, Tartuffe returns with an order of eviction for the family, and at the final moment the tables are turned and the play ends happily. (Summary by Wikipedia and Laurie Anne Walden) Cast: Madame Pernelle - April Gonzales Orgon - Adam Elmire - Valerie Tan Damis - Uday Sagar Mariane - Elizabeth Klett Cleante - sid Tartuffe - ToddHW Dorine - Amanda Friday Valère - Nathanial W.C. Higgins M. Loyal - David Lawrence Police officer - Grace Stage directions - Laurie Anne Walden Audio edited by David Lawrence

Recording facts

• Recording title: Tartuffe
• Author credits: Molière
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 5
• Listed recording duration: 1:49:28

Catalogue topics

• Comedy
• play
• satire
• theater

Track guide

1. 1 - Act I — 24:20
2. 2 - Act II — 23:32
3. 3 - Act III — 19:29
4. 4 - Act IV — 20:51
5. 5 - Act V — 21:19

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