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The five-act Tartuffe is authorised and played as a public anti-hypocrisy comedy

On 5 February 1669 the authorised Tartuffe opened to the public. This Fact stores that play as an anti-hypocrisy instrument (harm driver weakened), split from 1664 querelle and ban. In the causal graph this event weakens Institutional Corruption, a driver that strengthens Political corruption index — an improving welfare path.

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On 5 February 1669 the authorised Tartuffe opened to the public. This Fact stores that play as an anti-hypocrisy instrument (harm driver weakened), split from 1664 querelle and ban.

Context

He revised under prohibition. Direct as the 1669 issue he staged. The king’s permission is shared context, not a reason to drop his authorship.

Molière’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.

Why it matters

1669 is not 1664’s ban.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Molière

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.55 · verified

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Tartuffe — public-domain EnglishProject Gutenberg · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — MolièreEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Gutenberg’s Tartuffe and Britannica independently date the 1669 public five-act play.

Established: 5 February 1669 authorised public Tartuffe. Not established: that it uniquely reformed a parish.

Contribution type is direct.

Later museums, UNESCO listings, Loeb reprints, and 2024–2025 COP or NATO rows are not this event. Responsibility 0.55 and influence 0.55 bound the path; they are not a personality score. If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here. Readers should open both named URLs.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorMolière
  2. contributed toFactThe five-act Tartuffe is authorised and played as a public anti-hypocrisy comedy
  3. weakensDriverInstitutional Corruption
  4. strengthensIndicatorPolitical corruption index

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Factrail. (2026). The five-act Tartuffe is authorised and played as a public anti-hypocrisy comedy. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/mol-tartuffe-1669

https://factrail.ai/facts/mol-tartuffe-1669

Accessed 17 October 2026.

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