Tartuffe in Texas
By Gerald Murphy
Tartuffe in Texas is a one-act play that needs 9 to 12 performers (5 women, 4 men, 3 any gender). Licensed by Eldridge Publishing.
- Type
- one-act play
- Cast size
- 9 to 12 performers
- Roles
- 5 women, 4 men, 3 any gender
- Cast notes
- 4 m, 5 w, 3 flexible, doubling possible
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- classic
- Licensor
- Eldridge Publishing
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Synopsis
Like Moliere's original “Tartuffe,” a supposed holy man enters the life of affluent but naïve family and almost succeeds in cheating them out of their home. Now set in current-day Dallas, the wily opportunist is finally exposed, but not before a series of humorous misunderstandings and some rollicking good fun. Grandma Perkins has nothing but praise their boarder, Tartuffe, because he is a man of such holiness and zeal. Father even wants his daughter Maryanne to break her engagement and marry Ta
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