On Friday November 13, I had the pleasure of seeing one of Moliere’s most famous theatrical comedies, Tartuffe, performed at the University Theatre of Cal State San Bernardino Ronald E. Barnes Theatre. In the play, Orgon, a wealthy Parisian patriarch falls under the influence of a hypocrite named Tartuffe. Luckily, Tartuffe’s antics do not fool the rest of the family or friends. In order to show Orgon how terrible Tartuffe really is, his wife Elmire, takes matters into her own hands. She promises to show him the truth about Tartuffe. Therefore, she makes him hide under a table and tells Dorine to call Tartuffe. After Tartuffe arrives, Elmire tries her best to seduce him. Tartuffe falls for it; incriminating himself close to almost violating Elmire. Immediately, Orgon comes out from under the table and confronts Tartuffe. Orgon is enraged and orders Tartuffe to leave his house. However, while Orgon is confronting him, Tartuffe reminds him that he has the rights to Orgon’s property and promises to get his revenge.
The first aspect that I will be discussing about is the acting, which by the way was really amazing. The cast did such an incredible job portraying their characters. The main character of this play was Orgon. Orgon is the husband of Elmire and is also the head of the house. Orgon is blinded by the …show more content…
I believe TJ Sloan really expressed Tartuffe’s character very well. He did an amazing job portraying those characteristics of hypocrisy. His character really stood out to me because he manipulated Orgon with his religious practices in order to acquire his possessions for his own advantage. I really enjoyed watching a couple of scenes where Tartuffe would pray to the gods and in reality; he would secretly mumble a couple of words. The fact that Orgon would always believe what Tartuffe said, made it hilarious and enjoyable to watch. Personally, I thought there were very
The first aspect that I will be discussing about is the acting, which by the way was really amazing. The cast did such an incredible job portraying their characters. The main character of this play was Orgon. Orgon is the husband of Elmire and is also the head of the house. Orgon is blinded by the …show more content…
I believe TJ Sloan really expressed Tartuffe’s character very well. He did an amazing job portraying those characteristics of hypocrisy. His character really stood out to me because he manipulated Orgon with his religious practices in order to acquire his possessions for his own advantage. I really enjoyed watching a couple of scenes where Tartuffe would pray to the gods and in reality; he would secretly mumble a couple of words. The fact that Orgon would always believe what Tartuffe said, made it hilarious and enjoyable to watch. Personally, I thought there were very