Lobby Display

These are some pictures that might appear in a lobby display. The hand off of the book is very much more modern and an easy image to relate to for our audience in 2009.

The painting is a more literal and more realistic representation of Early Modern France. This composition is a sort of contrast between the times and adds a timeless quality to the display.

Character Breakdown:
MadamePernelle: Old woman , completely taken in by Tartuffe for the majority of the play.
Orgon: as described by http://www.bard.org/Education/studyguides/tartuffe/tartuffechar.html
ORGON, husband of Elmire, son of Madame Pernelle, and father of Mariane and Damis, is the central character of the play and comes entirely under the influence of the hypocrite Tartuffe. Yet, whereas Tartuffe is the obvious hypocrite and scoundrel, Orgon is a much more complex character. Thus, Orgon’s religious fanaticism seems more directly correlated to his basic nature, which is characterized by Cléante as being extravagant and uncontrolled in all respects. Thus, having once adopted a life of piety, Orgon tries to become the epitome of the pious person and goes to absurd extremes both in his words and deeds. In contrast, when he discovers the hypocrisy of Tartuffe, he reverses himself and determines to hate and persecute all pious men.

And Tartuffe: A con artist hypocrit who can adopt any character to trick his "mark". His downfall turns out to be his over confidence.