Tartuffe: The Hypocite (2016)

A new version of Moliere's classic comedy of manners, set within a contemporary wealthy Australian family home. Orgon is a wealthy man attempting to come to terms with middle age. Fortunately for him, and to the dismay of his family, he meets Tartuffe, a supposed man of the cloth. Though everyone else can see Tartuffe for the fraud he really is, Orgon becomes obsessed with him, and it isn't long before Orgon is incapable of making a decision without him. The relationship initially appears to be harmless, however when Orgon begins promising Tartuffe his possessions, his home and even his daughter, Orgon's family resolves to expose Tartuffe for the swindler he is. Full of thumping English verse peppered with Australian vernacular and subversive wit.