The Independent - London, August 2nd, 1995
Ariane Mnouchkine's Tartuffe stood out head and shoulders above the rest at this year's Avignon Festival. Amazingly, in all the 31 years since she founded her renowned Theatre du Soleil in Paris, this is her first Moliere production. Not so amazingly, she hits the nail right on the head. This Tartuffe is no mere Gallic Pecksniff, but a figure that has become frighteningly familiar in recent years: the religious zealot with his eye on a broader agenda.
Our first sight is of a peddler (Sergio Canto) sashaying along the road, clicking a castanet-like instrument, then returning with a ghetto-blas...
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