Editing Tartuffe (section)

==Production history==
The original version of the play was in three acts and was first staged on 12 May 1664 at the [[Palace of Versailles]]' Cour de Marbre<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://versaillescentury.com/2017/02/06/versailles-cour-de-marbre/|title=Versailles: The Cour de Marbre|date=6 February 2017}}</ref> as part of [[fête|festivities]] known as ''[[Les Plaisirs de l'île enchantée]]''. Because of the attacks on the play and the ban that was placed on it, this version was never published, and no text has survived, giving rise to much speculation as to whether it was a work in progress or a finished piece. Many writers believe it consisted of the first three acts of the final version, while [[John Cairncross]] has proposed that acts 1, 3, and 4 were performed.<ref name=Koppisch>Koppisch 2002.</ref> Although the original version could not be played publicly, it could be given privately,<ref name=Koppisch/> and it was seen on 25 September 1664 in [[Villers-Cotterêts]], for Louis' brother [[Philippe I, Duke of Orléans]], aka ''Monsieur'' and 29 November 1664 at the [[Château du Raincy]], for the veteran of the [[Fronde]], [[Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti]].<ref>Garreau 1984, vol. 3, p. 417.</ref>

The second version, ''L'Imposteur'', was in five acts and performed only once, on 5 August 1667 in the [[Théâtre du Palais-Royal (rue Saint-Honoré)|Théâtre du Palais-Royal]]. On 11 August, before any additional performances, the [[Archbishop of Paris]] Péréfixe banned this version also. The largely-final, revised third version in five acts, under the title ''Tartuffe, ou L'Imposteur'', appeared on 5 February 1669 at the Palais-Royal theatre and was highly successful.<ref name=Koppisch/> This version was published<ref>Molière 1669.</ref> and is the one that is generally performed today.<ref name=Koppisch/>

===Modern productions===
Since Molière's time, ''Tartuffe'' has stayed on the repertoire of the [[Comédie-Française]], where it is its most performed play.<ref>{{Citation|last=Engelberts|first=Matthijs|title=Molière's Tartuffe and French National Identity: Reconfiguring the King, the People and the Church| date=2018|work=Reconsidering National Plays in Europe|pages=211–243|publisher=Springer International Publishing |language= en| doi= 10.1007/978-3-319-75334-8_8| isbn= 9783319753331}}</ref>

The Russian [[theatre practitioner]] [[Constantin Stanislavski]] was working on a production of ''Tartuffe'' when he died in 1938. It was completed by [[Mikhail Kedrov (director)|Mikhail Kedrov]] and opened on 4 December 1939.<ref>Benedetti (1999, 389).</ref>

The first Broadway production took place at the [[ANTA Washington Square Theatre]] in New York and ran from 14 January 1965 to 22 May 1965. The cast included [[Michael O'Sullivan (actor)|Michael O'Sullivan]] as Tartuffe, [[Sada Thompson]] as Dorine, [[Salome Jens]] as Elmire, [[Hal Holbrook]] as M. Loyal, [[John Phillip Law]] as King's Officer, [[Laurence Luckinbill]] as Damis and [[Tony Lo Bianco]] as Sergeant.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/tartuffe-13322#OpeningNightCast |title=Tartuffe (1965 Broadway production) |website=Internet Broadway Database |access-date=2023-07-17}}</ref>

The [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre Company]] performed a production in 1967 using the [[Richard Wilbur]] translation and featuring [[John Gielgud]] as Orgon, [[Robert Stephens]] as Tartuffe, [[Jeremy Brett]] as Valere, [[Derek Jacobi]] as The Officer and [[Joan Plowright]] as Dorine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theatricalia.com/play/3sz/tartuffe/production/a74 |title= Tartuffe: National Theatre. Translated by Richard Wilbur |website= Theatricalia.com |date=1967-11-21 |access-date=2016-12-14}}</ref>

A production of [[Richard Wilbur]]'s translation of the play opened at the [[Circle in the Square Theatre]] in 1977, with [[John Wood (English actor)|John Wood]] as Tartuffe, and co-starring [[Tammy Grimes]] as Elmire, [[Stefan Gierasch]] as Orgon, [[Ray Wise]] as Damis, [[Swoosie Kurtz]] as Mariane and [[Patricia Elliott]] as Dorine.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/tartuffe-4012#OpeningNightCast |title=Tartuffe (1977 Broadway Production) |website=Internet Broadway Database |access-date=2023-07-17}}</ref>

A  [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] production using the [[Christopher Hampton]] translation and directed by Bill Alexander was performed at [[Barbican Centre|The Pit Theatre]] in London in 1983. The production included [[Antony Sher]] as Tartuffe, [[Nigel Hawthorne]] as Orgon, [[Mark Rylance]] as Damis, [[Alison Steadman]] as Elmire, Stephanie Fayerman as Dorine and [[David Bradley (English actor)|David Bradley]] as Cleante.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://collections.shakespeare.org.uk/search/rsc-performances/tat198307/view_as/grid/search/play_title:tartuffe/page/1 |title= RSC Productions: Tartuffe (1983) |website= Shakespeare Birthplace Trust |access-date=2023-07-17}}</ref>

Charles Randolph-Wright staged a production of Tartuffe, July 1999, at American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, which was set among affluent African Americans of Durham, North Carolina, in the 1950s.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jul-05-ca-53051-story.html |title= Fresh, Clever 'Tartuffe' Hits New Heights| work= Los Angeles Times| first= Don| last= Shirley| place= San Francisco| date= July 5, 1999 | publisher= | access-date= April 4, 2022}}</ref>

A translation by [[Ranjit Bolt]] was staged at London's [[Playhouse Theatre]] in 1991 with [[Abigail Cruttenden]], [[Paul Eddington]], [[Jamie Glover]], [[Felicity Kendal]], [[Nicholas Le Prevost]], [[John Sessions]] and [[Toby Stephens]].<ref>{{cite web| url= http://theatricalia.com/play/3sz/tartuffe/production/ctx |title= Tartuffe: Translation by Ranjit Bolt |website=Theatricalia.com |access-date=2016-12-14}}</ref> Bolt's translation was later staged at London's National Theatre in 2002 with [[Margaret Tyzack]] as Madame Pernelle, [[Martin Clunes]] as Tartuffe, [[Clare Holman]] as Elmire, [[Julian Wadham]] as Cleante and [[David Threlfall]] as Orgon.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://theatricalia.com/play/3sz/tartuffe/production/skh |title=Production of Tartuffe |website=Theatricalia.com |access-date=2016-12-14}}</ref>

David Ball adapted ''Tartuffe'' for the [[Theatre de la Jeune Lune]] in 2006 and Dominique Serrand revived this production in 2015 in a coproduction with [[Berkeley Repertory Theatre]], [[South Coast Repertory]] and the [[Shakespeare Theatre Company]].<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.berkeleyrep.org/press/pr/1415/Berkeley_Rep_Tartuffe.pdf | title= Berkeley Rep Presents Tartuffe | website= Berkeleyrep.org | access-date= 2016-12-14 | archive-date= 29 March 2015 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150329042420/http://www.berkeleyrep.org/press/pr/1415/Berkeley_Rep_Tartuffe.pdf | url-status= dead }}</ref>

Liverpudlian poet [[Roger McGough]]'s translation premièred at the [[Liverpool Playhouse]] in May 2008 and transferred subsequently to the [[Rose Theatre, Kingston]].<ref>{{cite news| first= Philip |last= Key | url= http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-arts/2008/05/14/theatre-review-tartuffe-roger-mcgough-liverpool-playhouse-64375-20906148/ |title= Tartuffe, Roger McGough, Liverpool Playhouse| work= [[Liverpool Daily Post]]| date= 15 May 2008| publisher= | access-date= }}</ref>

The [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] produced a new version by [[Anil Gupta (writer)|Anil Gupta]] and Richard Pinto which relocated the story to the modern-day [[Pakistani]]-[[Muslim]] community of [[Sparkhill]], [[Birmingham]]. It premiered at the [[Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon]] in September 2018 before transferring to [[Birmingham Repertory Theatre]] in October 2022.<ref>{{cite web | title=Tartuffe | website=[[Royal Shakespeare Company]] | date=14 October 2022 | url=https://www.rsc.org.uk/tartuffe/ | access-date=20 March 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320234948/https://www.rsc.org.uk/tartuffe/|archive-date= 20 March 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2021, Singapore theatre company [[W!LD RICE|W!ld Rice]] commissioned a new version by Singaporean playwright [[Joel Tan]], which premiered in 2022. Tan's version adds a new plot twist: Valère's engagement to Mariane is a lavender marriage to cover up his torrid affair with Damis and her desire to become an independent woman.

In 2022, a feminist reimagining written by Flora Davies and Siân Lawrence was presented at Oxford's BT Studio by Green Sun Productions to great acclaim. This adaptation sets the action within a fictional feminist consultancy firm; Orgon and Elmire become Co-CEOs and Tartuffe a new hire in the office. The production transferred to the Edinburgh Fringe in August 2023.

In 2025, the [https://www.cameri.co.il/eng Cameri Theater in Tel Aviv] presented Tartuffe in Hebrew, with a translation by [[:he:אלי_ביז'אווי|Eli Bijawi]] and directed by [[:he:רוני_ברודצקי|Roni Brodetzky]]. The tidy happy ending of the original is revised with profound impact.