Tartuffe

Tartuffe was a farsical French play written by Molière, with its premiere in 1664. The story follows the imposter Tartuffe as he fools Orgon and his mother to the point of being wholly dependent on--sometimes obsessive over--Tartuffe. The rest of the family doesn't fall for Tartuffe's tricky tactics, and hilarity ensues as he weaves his way deeper and deeper into the family. Spoiler alert: Tartuffe is arrested, and all ends well.
==Significance to Stevens==
In his poem, "Paisant Chronicle," Stevens says that major men are artificial, and are "more / Than Tartuffe as myth, the most Molière" (lines 19-20).
==Sources and Further Reading==
Tartuffe Wikipedia page