Tartuffe

Shakespeare's plays can be hard to read.  Tartuffe was written in the 1600s.  I was worried it was going to be a difficult read but it wasn't hard at all.  It's a comedy about religious hypocrisy.  Orgon thinks the world of Tartuffe, he paints him out to be a saint.  Everyone except Orgon's mother tells him that Tartuffe's putting up an act that he is really a horrible man.  It isn't until Orgon witnesses Tartuffe hitting on his wife that the truth comes out.  Only Tartuffe won't end with that.  I watched a silent movie of this play years ago.  It was a drama and had a modern plot added to it as well.  I was surprised to learn this was a comedy as the movie definitely didn't paint it that way.  It was a pretty good read.