"Moliere" by Mikhail Bulgakov (1984 TV) part 1 of 11

adapted by Dusty Hughes from Helen Rappaport's translation of "Moliere, or, The union of hypocrites." (Кабала святош) by Mikhail Bulgakov

Antony Sher (Moliere/Bulgakov)
John Carlisle (Louis XIV/cabalist)
David Bradley (Voice of Stalin, Charron)
Penelope Beaumont (Madeleine)
David Shaw-Parker (du Croisy, Marquis de Lessac, Brother Fidelity)
Kathy Behan (Mariette Rivalle, unknown woman)
Simon Clark (an actor, cabalist)
David Troughton (Bouton)
Michael Fitzgerald (prompter, guard)
George Parsons (charlatan, Father Bartholomew, Brother Strength)
Christopher Bowen (Lagrange)
Sara Mair-Thomas (Armande)
Malcolm Storry (one eye)
Chris Hunter (Moirron)
Brian Parr (honest cobbler)
Sylvia Coleridge (Rene)

Director, Bill Alexander

The library's summary:

In this vivid picture of the demeaning nature of tyranny, Moliere, at the beginning an imposing, confident theatre director, playfully wooing his mistress, gradually disintegrates to a grovelling, broken-down sycophant, snivelling at the Sun King's feet. This consummate artist plays the supplicating child, depending on the crown to continue his art.

Based on events in the life of the renowned French playwright, the play shows Moliere as a man beset by church and state because of his sharp-penned satire of both in "Tartuffe." Both plays focus on the theme of hypocrisy--and both were initially banned from production in their originating countries.

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[magdapiglet]

Great!

[Toracube]

Brilliant. Loved it !!!

[pinkboypaul]

Im in love with Antony Sher

[jansonp]

Thank you for posting this delightful film. I happened upon it by doing a search for "Antony Sher."