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This article's wording is often ambiguous. Its neutrality is also questionable. -Artemis Kuiper 04:17, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Etymology[edit]

A truffle is a prized fungus, that grows underground and is traditionally harvested by use of pigs who dig it up to eat it (a part of its natural life cycle) or dogs who are specially trained, in each case finding it by smell.
Truffles are candies where a coating (typically chocolate) hides something inside.
Tartuffo is an Italian ice-cream dish, where a filling is hidden inside.
Per IMDb WC Fields's character is called, by another who considers him a fraud, "you egregious tartuffle!" and responds "Tartuffle? Is that good or bad?" (But perhaps i am imagining "a tartuffle, if there is such a thing" and/or "a tartuffle, whatever that may be" from his lips.)
A site about Florence, Italy refers to "the famous "panini tarufat", a small sandwich with tartuffle cream."
Surely Tartuffe is so named bcz he is not inwardly what appears on the outside! But at this point that is my OR.
--Jerzy•t 20:39, 4 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Moliere as actor[edit]

I think the article should have mentioned that Moliere, who frequently starred in his own plays, took the role of Orgon in the original cast. This was unusual because Moliere normally took the title role (as in THE MISER, THE BOURGEOIS GENTLEMAN, THE MISANTHROPE, and THE IMAGINARY INVALID). CharlesTheBold (talk) 23:03, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

External Links[edit]

Hi All,

I hope you don't mind me adding a link to http://www.tailoredtexts.com/read/tartuffe-ou-limposteur-moliere/#!/27826/en/d/0/0/0/ . Basically, it is a link to the original edition but with annotations in English designed to help people whose English is stronger than their French. The annotations are completely interactive and can also be added by any registered users. The site (and its interface) is geared completely towards people who are reading foreign-language literature. Currently, there are 800+ annotations

I have talked to EdBever about this.

Thank you,

121.7.229.73 (talk) 01:14, 16 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Origin of the title?[edit]

Simple question: Why is this play titled like it is? Surely there is a connection of some sort with the mushrooms, no? Nowhere in the article is there a section explaining the title origin. - Klein Muçi (talk) 01:05, 27 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]