Europe 1 Studio SEASON 2021 - 202206:00 a.m., February 14, 2022
In May 1664, Versailles was in full swing: Louis XIV brought together 600 court nobles in his gardens for the "Plaisirs de l'Île enchantée", a series of grandiose shows combining theater and music.
On May 12, Molière plays there for the first time his new comedy Tartuffe, which he claims to have written “against the hypocrites”.
No one suspects the storm that this play is about to unleash in France... In this new episode of the podcast "At the heart of History", Clémentine Portier-Kaltenbach tells the story of the Tartuffe affair, one of the greatest controversies of the seventeenth century.
At Versailles in May 1664, the first performance of Tartuffe was a real success: Molière's new comedy delighted the king.
However, a few days later, Louis XIV banned public performances of the play.
What is so subversive about it?
Until now, Molière had only made fun of the archetypes of the civilian population: cuckold, doctor, precious... But with Tartuffe, he attacks the pillar of French society at the time: religion!
In this new episode of the podcast "At the heart of history", Clémentine Portier-Kaltenbach tells how, and why, comedy turned so quickly to tragedy.
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"At the heart of history" is a Europe 1 Studio podcast
Writing and presentation: Clémentine Portier-Kaltenbach
Production: Europe 1 Studio
Directed by: Julien Tharaud
Broadcaster: Eloise Bertil
Graphics: Sidonie Mangin