 Molière's
TARTUFFE
With Barnard and Columbia Students
Directed by Will MacAdams
Set design by Heather Englander
Lighting design by Chris Brown
Costume design by Sandra Goldmark
Sound design by Elizabeth Rhodes
Stage management by Caroline Englander
October 15-17 at 8pm
Minor Latham Playhouse, 118 Milbank Hall
Tickets $10/$5 with CUID
Sponsored by the Barnard College Theatre Department and the Columbia University
Major in Drama and Theatre Arts
Molière was a great favorite of King Louis XIV, and although
Tartuffe was first performed at Versailles in 1664, the next version
of the play was banned because of strenuous objection by the church, which
took umbrage with Molière's virulent attack on religious hypocrisy.
Molière embarked on a years-long,early modern French version of a
public relations campaign to rehabilitate the reputation of his play. He
eventually succeeded in winning over the Sun King, which may have had something
to do with the playwright's shrewd introduction of a certain royal who appears
to restore order and harmony at the play's conclusion.The Theatre Department
welcomes Columbia School of the Arts directing alumnus Will MacAdams, who
will direct an all-women ensemble of Molière's brilliant and timely
comedy.
All events are in the Minor Latham Playhouse, 118 Milbank Hall. For information,
visit www.barnard.edu. For reservations,
visit http://tic.columbia.edu.
Sponsored by the Department of Theatre/Columbia Major in Drama and Theatre
Arts, with the assistance of the Harriman Institute.
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