Tartuffe, or The Impostor
A biting satire and the arrogance of language. Masterful acting and sophisticated scenography. A fresh look at the masterpiece in a new translation by Jerzy Radziwiłowicz.
The bitter comedy of Molière was so infuriating to its contemporary audience, bigots in particular, that Louis XIV forbade its performance for 5 years. Jacques Lassalle portrays 17th-century France. A dimmed light fills stylish interiors and illuminates elegant period costumes. But it is actors who are the most important – by making an audience laugh, they expose insincerity, scheming and cruelty. The story of the demonic liar and hypocrite turns out to be still relevant.
director: Jacques Lassalle
associate director: Edward Wojtaszek
set design: Dorota Kołodyńska
music: Jacek Ostaszewski
lighting design: Mirosław Poznański
Awards and Nominations:
2006 – nomination for the Warsaw Felix award in "the best actor" category for Wojciech Malajkat for the role of Tartuffe
Cast
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Anna Chodakowska
Madame Pernelle, mother of Orgon
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Jerzy Radziwiłowicz
Orgon, husband of Elmire
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Danuta Stenka
Elmire, wife of Orgon
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Marcin Przybylski
Damis, son of Orgon
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Paulina Szostak
Mariane, daughter of Orgon and the fiancée of Valère
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Przemysław Stippa
Valère, the fiancée of Mariane
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Jacek Mikołajczak
Cléante, brother-in-law of Orgon
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Wojciech Malajkat
Tartuffe (guest actor)
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Beata Ścibakówna
Dorine, family housemaid
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Paweł Tołwiński
Monsieur Loyal, a bailif
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Marek Barbasiewicz
A King's Officer
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Paulina Korthals
Flipote, servant of Madame Pernelle
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Joanna Gryga
Flipote, servant of Madame Pernelle
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Bartłomiej Bobrowski
Laurent, servant of Tartuffe
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Karol Pocheć
Laurent, servant of Tartuffe
Production team:
- director's assistant: Anna Smolar
- set designer's assistants: Jadwiga Michalska, Anita Trzaskowska
- sound technicians: Mariusz Maszewski, Marek Szymański, Hubert Majewski
- lighting technicians: Zbigniew Szulim, Bartłomiej Kaczalski
- stage manager: Krzysztof Kuszczyk
- prompter: Anna Leszczyńska
