Program for Tartuffe (February 15-17, 22-24, 1990).
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Llndenwood College Theatre Department presents Costume Design Niki Juncker Directed by PAUL STEGER Scenic Design Gregg Hlllmar, USAA Lighting Design Bob Armbruster February 15-17 and 22-24, 1990 8:00 p.m. JELKYL THEATRE Cast (in order of appearance) Character ...................................................... Performer Dorine ........................................... Shelley M Miller Flipote ....................................... Amber L Edwards Mme. Pernelle ................................... Susan Crain Elm ire ........................................ Wendy Brotherlin Damls ............................................... Jimmy Freund Marlane ...................................... Barbara Samuels Cleante ....................................... Christian J Kohn Organ ................................................. T Jeffrey Cox Valere .............................................. Scott DeBroux Tartuffe ........................................ Rodney Whatley Monsieur Loyal.. ........................... John H Snipes The Officer ................................ Michael D Young The Scene Throughout: argon's House In Paris. There will be one 15-minute intermission. Recording devices and cameras are prohibited in the theatre during performances. llollrr,. (horn Je'ln-llapLli:te Poque lln , 1622-l97J). the son or a prosperous Parisian upholsterer and furniture maker, va s given a sol i d Jesuit education at the College de Clermonl (a privately run preperatory school) vherc he studied philosophy and Ancient literature. ln 1642 he graduated and enrolled nt the University o f OrJenns. The young roquelln seemed destined ror a court po~ltlon . At the Fnlr of Saint-Germain , he met a troupe of traveling plnyers, and in 1643 after meeting the actress llndellne Dejart, r<>nounced his family name and toolC the name Mollere. lie t.hen founded, vith Dejart and eight other young people, the Theatre 11lustre vhert" he served as an actor, ,,rlter, and director. 11;,vlng f11lled In Paris, In 1646 the troupe set off on,, tour of the prov inc('S vhlch lasted until 1658. In that year, the ICing's brother, vho had seen them perc6rm in the provinces, Invited them to court. The com-pnny vas granted permission to settle In Paris, the title "Troupe de llons leur·• ;ind the use o r the l'etit Rourbon for publ le perCorrn;,nccs . The comp;inr ·s rlri:t success va s ,·I t h Holiere's "Les l'recle11:-:'!s ridicules" ("The Affected Ladles·. 1659) a satire on fashionable affectations. Jn 1664, llolierc entered the service or the king hin-sclf, ••ho commanded a comedy-ballet from him . lie hastily compost"<! "Le Haringe force· (" The Forced Harriage") which was perf ormed al the Palace or the Louvre at the end or January. Scver11l months 111 tc r, l~uis XIV gave, al the palace or Versailles, the mos t sunptous revels or his reign In honor oC Louise de la Vallere. The entertainment, which lasted ror seven days, vas called "The Pleasures or the Fnchnnted Isla nd". Holl~re's company presented a ne~lf written comedy--ln tl,ree octs and verso--called "Tartuffe, or tho Hypocrite·· . The play uas Instantly embroiled in a bitter controvorRy as many peoplo sav it not as on attack upon hypocrisy, but as a condemnation or all religion. The play vas r nrblddcn to be pe rformed in public ,,g,lin. After the "Interdict" uas Issued, Hollire revrote the play I n Jfi67, but h;id no luclC in gaining favor with the King. Jn 1669, n rlvo net version, uith the Officer's speech abo ut the " v ise and just" King in the 1.,s t act , ·.,s submitted for Louis ' approval . lie gron t ed this '"Tartuffe• the rlsht to be perfo r med, and it had an lnlli,il run or thirty-three perrorm.1nces. a record for the time . ln vrltlng this last version or "Tartuffe" , Mollere con formed to the 17th C"ntury id,.~ls or Cive acts and or thn un ities. The nco-clns~ici,ts holievod that plays ver'! to hnvc verisiMllltude. or the s;emblanc<' or rr-nlit:r. S ince Lh e audience sot in one ;:,tncc ror n s hor t. . conLinuous period or time, they could not be exprcted lo be lieve th11t the nction or the play had jumped Crom place t o place or skipped ahcnd In time several week s . ln the same V"Y• characte r s had lo rcm1dn true, lhry cou ld not suddenly be revealed to the a11dience as being bad when they had nppeared good. ln "Tnrturre· ror inst.\ncr, we honr that Tnrtu((e is;, fraud Jong bc(orc we ever see his pious sho•·· (In r,, ct, ir you vcre to look up the vo rd t11rturre Inn modern French dlctionnry it would be defined as "someone who Is n fraud or n cha rtatnn·.) Holl~rc, however, broke from the stereotypical out-d0or set.ting or n<'o-clnsGic comedy whi c h hnd before him been set outdoors after the Manner o r Roman comedy. With Holi~rc, the settings arc 11 reflection or the m:1nncrs 11nd charac1.crs on the stac;ic, nn•J h<> did much to popularize the dravlng-room o r oLhcr Interior space as the i:rlting for comedy. /lot !ere vrote f or his o •·n company and kne~· ~·ho '-'OU Id pla)' e;ich role, usually reserving the te:1dlng role ror hlm,;el r. Oy the product.ion or "Le Plnla clc lmaglnaire· ('"Thf' lmngln"r)" Iv,ilid) in Fchrunry 167] Holl~rc had been ill for some time--probably suf fering rrom tuberculosis. Ouri ng the rourlh night or the production, In '-'hlch he plnyed the title role, he wns Relied with convulsions nnd hnd to he c arried to his horn~ where he died during the night of Fcbrunry 17 - 16, Since nctors vcre cxcommunicntcd in the 17th century and the priest ca l led to attend Holl~rc did not ar rive untll nCter he vns dc~d. Hollire v:1s not given the sncrnments or the opportunity or f ormally renounc l n~ the nclor'R proCcs~lon. The p;irish priest refused to allow Holl~r'? Lo he buried in consecrnted ground and It '-'as only through his vido v•s direct ;ipp<?al to th-, king that he "a s 11110,..cd to be hnried •·i thoul c rrt"mOn)• 11nd .1flcr snni<et ·to /lvoid public sc11nd;i1•·. Stage Manager ............................................... Heather Glenn Assistant Stage Managers ... ..................... Robert Bingham ..................................................................... Michael D Young Set Construction Crew Shop Foreman ................................................ Scott DeBroux ..................................................................... Jonathon Becker ....................................................................... Robert Bingham ....................................................................... Sarah Bourgault .......................................................................... Heather Glenn ............................................................................. Jerry Meurer ........................................................................... Shelley Miller ....................................................... ............... Nicole Schlueter ..................................................................... Barbara Samuels ..................................................................... Michael D Young Costume Shop Crew Shop Foreman ............................................ Arlene Chapman ............................................................... Teresa Bushkemper .............................................................................. Susan Crain ................................................................................ Kim Hurley ............................................................................. Terri Jansen ...................................................................... Nicole Schlueter ........................................................................ Diane Schwartz Light Crew Master Electrician .................................... Michael D Young ....................................................................... Robert Bingham ...................................................................... E Randall Siefert Property Crew Properties Master .......................................... Scott DeBroux .............. ......................................................... Bob Armbruster .............................................................................. Susan Crain .......................................................................... Heather Glenn ........................................................................... Shelley Miller ..................................................................... Barbara Samuels Sound Crew Sound Foreman .......................................... Bob Armbruster ....................................................................... Robert Bingham Program Cover Art ........................................................... T Jeffrey Cox Typesett ing .................................................. Phyllis A Morris Special Thanks To Bob Armbruster, Arlene Chapman and St. Charles High School for donating props for A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Martey. The Llndenwood College Art and English Departments for donating the busts used In this production. ~ UNDENWOOD COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF PERFORMING ARTS FACULTY JU.JD STAFF Niki Juncker ......................................... Associate Professor Gregg Hill mar ........................................ Assistant Professor Suzanne Mills ........................................ Asslstant Professor Rodney Whatley ........................•............ Graduate Assistant Scott DeBroux .................................•.•..•. Graduate Assistant Arlene Chapman .................................... Graduate Assistant Tartuffe by Moliere was produced by special arrangement with DRAMATISTS PLAY SERVICE, INC. 

Tartuffe (February 15-17, 22-24, 1990)

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Tartuffe (February 15-17, 22-24, 1990)

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