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{{short description|1664 play by Molière}} {{redirect|Elmire|the hamlet in North Yorkshire, England|Eldmire}} {{about|the play}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox play | name = Tartuffe | image = Tartuffe.jpg | image_size = | caption = [[Nineteenth-century theatre|19th-century]] [[costume design]] | writer = [[Molière]] | chorus = | characters = | mute = | setting = Orgon's house in Paris, 1660s | premiere = 1664 | place = | orig_lang = French | series = | subject = | genre = [[Comedy (drama)|Comedy]] | web = }} '''''Tartuffe, or The Impostor, or The Hypocrite''''' ({{IPAc-en|t|ɑr|ˈ|t|ʊ|f|,_|-|ˈ|t|uː|f}};<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tartuffe "Tartuffe"]. ''[[Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary]]''.</ref> {{langx|fr|Tartuffe, ou l'Imposteur}}, {{IPA|fr|taʁtyf u lɛ̃pɔstœʁ|pron}}), first performed in 1664, is a theatrical [[Comedy (drama)|comedy]] (or more specifically, a [[farce]]) by [[Molière]]. The characters of Tartuffe, Elmire, and Orgon are considered among the greatest classical theatre roles.
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