This event is in the past.It took place on May 26, 2026 at La Villette.
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PlaySee Molière's original 1664 Tartuffe, the version Louis XIV banned for being too scandalous. Ivo van Hove's radical staging with Comédie-Française restores the censored text and dials up the intensity: darker, rawer, and more explosive than the version you read in school.
Classic theater
Avant-garde staging
French cultural institution
Dark & intense
Tips
🎭"violent, almost savage force" — Ivo van Hove
📜original 1664 text, not the school version
🔞not recommended under 15
Le Tartuffe ou l’Hypocrite
19th Arr.
PlayPlaySee Molière's original 1664 Tartuffe, the version Louis XIV banned for being too scandalous. Ivo van Hove's radical staging with Comédie-Française restores the censored text and dials up the intensity: darker, rawer, and more explosive than the version you read in school.
Classic theater
Avant-garde staging
French cultural institution
Dark & intense
Tips
🎭"violent, almost savage force" — Ivo van Hove
📜original 1664 text, not the school version
🔞not recommended under 15
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