Analysis Of Tartuffe

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For my Play Performance Viewing Assignment, I went to the showing of a classic play called Tartuffe, a comedy written by the famous French playwright and actor, Molière. While the play is evidently named and specifically about the hypocritical main character Tartuffe, what caught my interest was the choreography and synchronization of Tartuffe’s servants. There were precisely two servants/followers of the lead Tartuffe, played by young actors named Nathan Keepers and Nick Slimmer. These actors would use specific choreography and synchronization in the background in order to heighten Tartuffe’s lines and dramatics in the forefront of the scene. For instance, the first scene where this becomes apparent is in the first scene of Tartuffe’s appearance, where he is to speak to the lady of the house, Elmire. However, while he is lying across the floor, the servant is laying across a wall in the background set. Whenever Tartuffe would move, the servant would move as well at the precise same moment. There is also a part of the same scene where Tartuffe would follow Elmire around a table and...

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