Acting
Hirsch's Tartuffe — slime personified with perfect timing
Direction
Badel keeps stage energy alive for the camera
Writing
Molière's 1669 script still cuts like a knife
Director
Pierre Badel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Molière originally wrote Tartuffe in 1663 but the Catholic Church banned it; this revised 1669 version was the only one he lived to see performed.
The play was so dangerous that Louis XIV himself had to grant permission for performances — Molière was literally doing satire under royal protection.
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