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Still, she was trained in the classic tradition of the French theater, with its insistence that the whole gamut of roles, from Molière to Montherlant, be mastered, and that the thousand niceties of acting, from beau geste to rhétorique, become ingrained. She has no patience with actors whose concern exceeds their craft: "Burt Lancaster! Before he can pick up an ashtray, he discusses his motivation for an hour or two. You want to say just pick up the ashtray and shut...
TARTUFFE. Lincoln Center's interpretation of Moliére's comedy has too much bounce and not enough bite, but Michael O'Sullivan's Tartuffe is a surrealistic and fantastic acting creation...
...displayed a preference for literary men over generals and politicians-Voltaire last year replaced Richelieu on the 10-franc note, and Racine replaced Henri IV on the 50. But Frenchmen are now complaining that the new 100-franc Corneille note is confusingly similar to the 500 note, which shows Molière. Nonsense, replied a harassed bank spokesman, Molière's curls are much fuller than Corneille...
...snake. Under Tartuffe's spell, Orgon permits the disruption of his household, disinherits his son, signs away all his property, affiances his daughter to Tartuffe, and sweeps his wife (Salome Jens) into Tartuffe's sweaty-palmed lechery. This is madness, as the superbly sane Molière knew. And like an enchanted healer from some pre-psychoanalytic age, Molière devotes his play to making Orgon grow up to the age of reason...
...actor reveals the pig in mankind. Sparing no excess of speech, gesture or mien, he performs a surrealistic wedding dance of malice and humor. Almost equal praise accrues to Richard Wilbur, the poet. Despite a slight trace of melodic monotony, his springy, intelligent couplets turn Molière's French into speakably idiomatic English...