updated edition moliÈre. 1622-1673 moliÈre biography jean baptiste poquelin born to a well-off...
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U P DAT E D E D I T I O N
MOLIÈRE
1622-1673
MOLIÈRE
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)
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TARTUFFE OU L’IMPOSTEUR
1673
LE MALADE IMAGINAIRE
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.
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