Tartuffe (Wednesday Theatre)

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"Tartuffe"
Wednesday Theatre episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 39
Directed by Henri Safran
Teleplay by
Based on Tartuffe
by Molière
Original air date13 October 1965 (1965-10-13)
Running time75 mins [1]
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"Tartuffe" is a 1965 Australian television film directed by Henri Safran and starring Tony Bonner and Ron Haddrick. [2] It was an episode of Wednesday Theatre and filmed in Sydney at ABC's Gore Hill Studios. [3] [4] It aired on 13 October 1965 in Sydney and Melbourne, [5] and on 20 October 1965 in Brisbane. [6]

Contents

Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time. [7]

Plot

Tartuffe convinces the rich merchant Organ he is a saint. Organ agrees for Tartuffe to marry his daughter although Tartuffe is actually interested in seducing Organ's wife. [8]

Cast

Production

Henri Safran said the play was "less a satire of hypocrisy than a condemnation of those who, by exaggerating their religious devotion, become prey for the cupidity of imposters." [9]

Reception

The Canberra Times acclaimed it as one of the best productions of the year. [10]

The Age called it "a thoroughly enjoyable experience." [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "WEDNESDAYS". The Canberra Times . Vol. 40, no. 11, 283. 11 October 1965. p. 18. Retrieved 20 March 2017– via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "SATURDAY FEATURES AND BOOK REVIEW PAGES. TARTUFFE ON CAMERA". The Canberra Times . 9 October 1965. p. 9. Retrieved 23 June 2015– via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "Play banned by the King". The Age. 7 October 1965. p. 16.
  4. ↑ "Wicked Wise and Witty". Sydney Morning Herald. 11 October 1965. p. 16.
  5. ↑ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 12 October 1965. p. 10.
  6. ↑ "King banned French comedy". TV Times. 13 October 1965. p. 12.
  7. ↑ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  8. ↑ "TV Guide". The Age. 7 October 1965. p. 38.
  9. ↑ "Play Banned by a King". The Age. 7 October 1965. p. 31.
  10. ↑ "TELEVISION". The Canberra Times . 31 December 1965. p. 7. Retrieved 23 June 2015– via National Library of Australia.
  11. ↑ Monitor (16 October 1965). "TV in the role of news vendor". The Age. p. 23.


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