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Molière. Updated Edition. Molière. 1622-1673. Biography. Jean Baptiste Poquelin Born to a well-off bourgeois family Studied law and then went into family upholstery business Left to become actor in traveling troupe. Italian Farce. Publicly popular style Sought to emulate
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Molière Updated Edition
Molière 1622-1673
Biography • Jean Baptiste Poquelin • Born to a well-off bourgeois family • Studied law and then went into family upholstery business • Left to become actor in traveling troupe
Italian Farce • Publicly popular style • Sought to emulate • ‘Sganarelle, ou le cocu imaginaire’ (1660) • Some the plots were outlined but actors could improvise lines
Works • Dom Garcie de Navarre (1661) • L’École des Maris (1661) • Les Fâcheux (1661) • L’École des femmes (1662)
Works • Dom Juan (1665) • Le Misanthrope (1666) • Le bourgeois gentilhomme (1670)
Tartuffe oul’imposteur 1664 1667 1669
Le Malade Imaginaire 1673
Conclusion • Success with support from the crown • Portrayed common human faults • Master of comedy • Still performed today
Source • Walker, Hallam. Molière Updated Edition. Boston: Twayne, 1990.