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:
- Madame Pernelle, mother of Orgon Anna Chodakowska
- Orgon, husband of Elmire Jerzy Radziwiłowicz
- Elmire, wife of Orgon Danuta Stenka
- Damis, son of Orgon Marcin Przybylski / Modest Ruciński (till May 31, 2013; as a guest actor from September 1, 2012)
- Mariane, daughter of Orgon and the fiancée of Valère Karolina Gruszka (till November 20, 2008) / Lidia Sadowa (guest actor; from January 9, 2009 till April 16, 2015)/ Milena Suszyńska (from November 17, 2012 till October 20, 2019; as a guest actor from September 1, 2021) / Paulina Szostak
- Valère, the fiancée of Mariane Przemysław Stippa
- Cléante, brother-in-law of Orgon Jacek Mikołajczak
- Tartuffe Wojciech Malajkat (as a guest actor from October 1, 2008)
- Dorine, family housemaid Beata Ścibakówna
- Monsieur Loyal, a bailif Henryk Talar (till May 17, 2015; as a guest actor from September 26, 2012)/ Paweł Tołwiński (from September 15, 2015)
- A King's Officer Marek Barbasiewicz
- Flipote, servant of Madame Pernelle Marta Chodorowska (guest actor; till April 15, 2015) / Izabela Gwizdak (guest actor; till February 15, 2013) / Irena Sierakowska (guest actor; till December 6, 2013) / Paulina Korthals (from June 3, 2013) / Joanna Gryga (from June 14, 2022)
- Laurent, servant of Tartuffe Bartłomiej Bobrowski / Tomasz Marciniak (guest actor; till March 2, 2008) /Karol Pocheć (from October 28, 2008)
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
