I tell you that you’re blest to have Tartuffe
Dwelling, as my son’s guest, beneath this roof
July —
August
1997
Company
Director
Robert Forknall
Design
Clare Southern
Music
Peter Cook
Company Stage Manager
Laura Down
Choreography
Annabel Scott
Cast
The King
Derek Horn
Mme Pernelle
Bobbie Wood
Flipote
Jane Elvy
Elmire
Deborah Aita
Mariane
Laura Cameron
Dorine
Donna Rees
Damis
Jamie Wilson
Cleante
Mike Newvell
Laurent
Michael Richards
Orgon
Ray Armstrong
Valere
Chris Thatcher
Tartuffe
Lawrence Leason
M Loyal
Colin Goodman
Singers
Stephen Povey
Ceri Williams
The stage is set for 17th Century France at the Court of the ‘Sun King’ Louis XIV. An important member of Court, Orgon, has taken into his home the destitute Tartuffe whom he comes to trust implicitly.
Although Orgon and his elderly mother will hear no wrong of Tartuffe, the rest of the family realise that he is no more than a confidence trickster.
When Orgon suggests an union with his daughter Mariane, the outraged family set out to unmask the imposter…