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Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (15 January 1622)
Known by his stage name Molière.
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Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière , was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the great writers in the French language and world literature. His extant works include comedies, farces, tragicomedies, comédie-ballets, and more.
Died: February 17, 1673,
Rue de Richelieu, Paris, France
Movies
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The Miser,
Le tartuffe,
Molière ·
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Influenced by:
Jean Racine,
Pierre Corneille,
Plautus,
Giordano Bruno
His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed at the Comédie-Française more often than those of any other playwright today. His influence is such that the French language is often referred to as the "language of Molière".
Born into a prosperous family and having studied at the Collège de Clermont (now
Lycée Louis-le-Grand), Molière was well suited to begin a life in the theatre. Thirteen years as an itinerant actor helped him polish his comedic abilities while he began writing, combining
Commedia dell'arte elements with the more refined French comedy.
Le Malade imaginaire à Versailles. Par suite du conflit de
Molière avec Lully, le roi ne verra la pièce de Molière avec la musique
de Charpentier qu’en 1674 à Versailles, devant la grotte de Thétis. Gravure de Jean Le Pautre.
Louis XIV et Molière, par Jean-Léon Gérôme (tableau de 1862, présenté au salon de 1863).
Cette « fiction picturale »,
dans l'esprit romantique et sans aucun fondement historique, veut
illustrer la faveur réelle dont le comédien jouissait auprès du roi.
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