Tartuffe, or, The imposter /

Clutching ever-present rosary beads, shifting uncomfortably within the hairshirt he wears as continual penance--and always eyeing the women as they pass--Tartuffe, Moliére's master of unctuous evil, insinuates himself into a wealthy Parisian household in this indictment of religious hypoc...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-Barbican Television, British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service, RKO Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors:	Sher, Antony, 1949-, Hawthorne, Nigel, Steadman, Alison, 1946-, Molière, 1622-1673
Format:	Video VHS
Language:	English
Published:	Encino, Calif. : RKO Home Video, 1984.
Subjects:	Feature films.

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Summary:	Clutching ever-present rosary beads, shifting uncomfortably within the hairshirt he wears as continual penance--and always eyeing the women as they pass--Tartuffe, Moliére's master of unctuous evil, insinuates himself into a wealthy Parisian household in this indictment of religious hypocrisy. Posing as a holy man, the wily Tartuffe entrances Orgon, a credulous well-to-do merchant, bent on bestowing his wordly goods, social position, and nubile daughter on the perfidious fraud.
Item Description:	"RKO4002." Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videocassette (110 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Format:	VHS.
Production Credits:	Camera, Geoff Feld ; editor, Hugh Parson ; music, Alex Winterson and Simon Couzens.