Volume 4, Number 2 · February 25, 1965
A Laughing Matter
By F.W. Dupee
Tartuffe
by Molière, translated by Richard Wilbur
Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center
The Lincoln Center Tartuffe is not a masterpiece but it has some distinct assets. The actors in the principal roles are in most cases excellent and hold their own against the often tricky staging. On the whole, however, the director, William Ball, has confined his attentions to externals, trying for no radical modernization of the play's soul. And the text he uses is Richard Wilbur's eloquent translation, which adheres faithfully to the original, rhymed verse and all.
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