'Tartuffe' full of humour, too short

Molière's Tartuffe has been enjoying its limited run at the Philip Sherlock Centre, University of the West Indies.

Unfortunately, that run is close to its end. However, for those who cannot make Tartuffe this weekend, there will also be a showing on Monday, Heroes Day.

Tartuffe is a beacon of piety who has become the permanent house guest and spiritual adviser of the wealthy merchant Orgon. But all is not as it seems, and as Orgon falls further under the influence of his new companion, the whole town is talking. Is he a friend, a fraud, a saint or a hypocrite?

The family members smell a rat, and amid the frills and frivolity of 17th-century society, they hatch a cunning plan to outwit the wily deceiver before he brings their household crashing down.

The play continues tonight at eight, while it will show on Sun-day and on Heroes Day at 6 p.m.