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It begins by reminding readers of the incompetent doctors in the plays of French playwright Moliere, men who endangered their patients’ lives.

The second reaction reminds me of Moliere who described a sudden retreat into home life, to plant our gardens, as it were.

Upon directing South Coast Repertory’s first show — Moliere’s “Tartuffe,” staged at the Newport Beach Ebell Club — Benson went on to helm a total of 119 SCR productions over the next six decades.

It opened at the Duchess Theatre in September 2014 where it has been performed more than 3,500 times with 106 actors and won 11 awards including an Olivier, a Tony and a Moliére.

Freyda Thomas adapts Moliere’s ‘Tartuffe’ with an American twist in a winning production at Topanga’s beloved Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum.