Tartuffe / by Molière ; Circle in the Square ; English verse translation by Richard Wilbur ; produced by Ann Blumenthal ; directed by Stephen Porter and Kirk Browning ; Broadway Theatre Archive.

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Moliere's timeless comedy, starring the incomparable Donald Moffat portraying the scoundrel Tartuffe, who manipulates his way into the confidence and affection of Orgon, an affluent bourgeois concerned with his own salvation, and whose wife and daughter Tartuffe attempts to seduce--Container.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Broadway theatre archive.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Corporate Authors: Circle in the Square (Organization : New York, N.Y.)
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Kultur International Films
Other Authors: Porter, Stephen, 1925-2013 (Director)
Browning, Kirk, 1921-2008 (Director)
Blumenthal, Ann (Producer)
Wilbur, Richard, 1921-2017 (Screenwriter, Translator)
Garber, Victor (Actor)
Moffat, Donald, 1930-2018 (Actor)
Elliott, Patricia, 1938-2015 (Actor)
Grimes, Tammy (Actor)
Holbrook, Hal (Host)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine, 1913-2005 (Actor)
Wise, Ray, 1947- (Actor)
Coffield, Peter, 1945-1983 (Actor)
Gierasch, Stefan, 1926-2014 (Actor)
Brocksmith, Roy, 1945-2001 (Actor)
Feher, John (Videographer)
Adams, John, 1947-
Molière, 1622-1673
Language:English
Published: West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, [2003]
Series:Broadway theatre archive.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
Impostors and imposture > France > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Molière, > 1622-1673 > Film adaptations.
French literature > Film adaptations.
Molière, > 1622-1673.
French literature.
Impostors and imposture.
Man-woman relationships.
France.
Television comedies.
Drama.
Nonfiction television programs.
Film adaptations.
Genre:
Film adaptations.
Drama.
Television comedies.
Nonfiction television programs.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Moliere's timeless comedy, starring the incomparable Donald Moffat portraying the scoundrel Tartuffe, who manipulates his way into the confidence and affection of Orgon, an affluent bourgeois concerned with his own salvation, and whose wife and daughter Tartuffe attempts to seduce--Container.
Note:"A presentation of Thirteen/WNET New York, Great Performances: Theater in America"--Container.
Originally produced for television in 1978.
"Originally staged for the theatre by Circle in the Square, New York City"--Container.
Special feature: previews of other Broadway Theater Archive plays.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AN5 D0025570 VideoDVD
ISBN:0769796389
9780769796383
Credits:Camera, John Feher ... [et al.] ; music, John Adams.
System Details:DVD, NTSC, all regions ; 4:3 full screen ; Dolby digital 2.0.
Participant or Performer:
Host, Hal Holbrook.
Cast:
Donald Moffat, Victor Garber, Tammy Grimes, Patricia Elliott, Ruth Livingston, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ray Wise, Johanna Leister, Peter Coffield, Stefan Gierasch, Roy Brocksmith.