Tartuffe: Censor? I Hardly Know Her

In this episode, our hosts Rose Herold, Ella Pellegrino, and Julia Sommer explore the wild world of Molière's farce Tartuffe through the lens of censorship and (self) adaptation. How did the tension between Moliére, King Louis XIV, and the French Roman Catholic Church impact reception of Tartuffe? What revisions did the playwright make to appease Church and state? And why the introduction of a king ex machina, dude? All this and a look at Tartuffe is contemporary production and resonance in our current cultural moment too! Music for this episode was created using Online Sequencer. Online Sequencer is the creation and property of Jacob Morgan and George Burdell (https://onlinesequencer.net/).A note on content -- This episode includes discussion of sexual harassment and sexual assault. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.