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Alan Prile- Act 1 |
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Buom Tihngang - Act 3 |
Orgon - The father of Marianne and Damis, Husband of Elmire. He is the man of the house. He is having a mid life crisis when the play begins and is infatuated with Tartuffe. Before the play he loved his family.
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Ben Cooper - Act 2 |
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Luke Hornsby-Smith - Act 4/5 |
Elmire - The second wife of Orgon, Stepmother to Damis and Elmire, Sister of Cleante. She is a sexy and determined woman. She loves her husband and his children. She is the one who manages to open Orgon's eyes to the truth.
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Katharine Samuelson- Act 3 |
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Jessica Webber- Act 4 |
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Cara Ronzetti- act 1/5 |
Marianne- Orgon's Daughter, promised to marry Valere. She is a Daddy's girl and is completely in love with Valere. She is also extremely emotional.
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Kathleen Cranham |
Damis Son of Orgon, hoping to be married to Valere's Sister. He's 16 years old, and childish.
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Thomas Mahy |
Cleante - Brother of Elmire. He is the wisest, and most intelligent character. He is the only one who remains calm throughout. He likes to drink, gamble and socialise, but everything in moderation. He is also wise to Tartuffe's ways.
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James Stallwood |
Madame Pernelle- Orgon's Mother. She is also infatuated with Tartuffe. Before Tartuffe entered the fray her relationship with her family was extremely loving. She hits her maid Flipote. Tartuffe has convinced her that her Grandchildren are the spawn of Satan, and the parties that their family have are works of the devil.
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India Thain |
Valere Fiance of Marianne. He is a hopeless romantic and completely in love with Marianne. Before the play begins he has won the approval of the whole family, most importantly Orgon. So he is shocked when suddenly his marriage is threatened by Tartuffe. Like Marianne, he is also stubborn.
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Frederick Wise |
Flipote The maid to Madame Pernelle. She is 12 years old and lives in Madame Pernelle's home. She is treated quite badly by her. Although we only meet her once in the play, we know she has probably suffered since Tartuffe has been around. We decided she had a pet mouse who lives at Madame Pernelle's house called Jeremy.
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Sabrina Messer |
Dorine The families beloved maid, who can't shut up. She is the one who stepped up to role of mother when the children's mother died. She is extremely intelligent, but socially not academically. She sees straight through Tartuffe, and she hatches the plan to catch him out with Elmire. Although she is a servant, she is part of the family.
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Sabrina Messer - Act 2 |
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Helena McColl - Act 1 |
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Lucy Menzies Act 3/4/5 |
Tartuffe The imposter into the Pernelle household. He and Laurent have hatched plans like this before. They are both dirt poor. He has spent his life in the gutter, he see's how unfair it is that he was born into poverty and families like the Pernelle's were born into wealth. He is living under a fake name, and is wanted for other crimes under different names. He has raped women and possibly killed people.
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Gabriel Akuwudike- Act 3 |
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Max Keeble Act 4/5 |
Laurent (Max Keeble)
Tartuffe's serving boy. We only meet him once. He is Irish, and physically and mentally disabled. He has helped Tartuffe with many other crimes and schemes before.
Monsieur Loyal A bailiff with a violent edge who often works for Tartuffe. He has used violence as a way of getting people to pay off debts before.
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Alan Prile |
Officer The kings officer. He comes in to arrest Tartuffe at the end and give an ode to the king. This part was probably written in by Moliere to please King Louis.
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Ben Cooper |
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