Tartuffe, gone too soon

The talent that the University Players brings to the production no doubt means that the last two weeks have had audiences bursting vessels in their seats.

Alas, the production will only be on until Monday. This evening, Tartuffe continues at the Philip Sherlock Centre at the University of the West Indies, beginning at 8.

Tomorrow and Heroes Day, showtime is 6 p.m.

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.