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3/31/08

Molière's Comedy 'Tartuffe' To Be Presented At St. Lawrence

CANTON - Tartuffe, by Molière, will be performed at St. Lawrence University Wednesday through Saturday, April 2 through 5, at 8 p.m. each evening in Gulick Theatre. Admission is free, but tickets are required. They are available at the Gulick Box Office, open March 31 and April 1 from 1 to 3 p.m.; 315-229-5748.

The production is directed by Visiting Assistant Professor of Performance and Communication Arts Marna Lawrence.

The French comic masterpiece is about the wealthy Orgon, who takes Tartuffe for a virtuous, religious man. But the truth is Tartuffe is a con man and hypocrite who manages to worm his way into controlling Orgon's family, some of whom devise a plan to trap Tartuffe into exposing his true self. The work was first performed in 1664 at the palace of Versailles.

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