Molière
French playwright
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,... Wikipedia
Died: February 17, 1673, Rue de Richelieu, Paris, France
Full name: Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
Buried: 1817, Cimetière du Père-Lachaise, Paris, France
Children: Louis Poquelin, Pierre Poquelin, and Marie Madeleine Poquelin
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His extant works include comedies, farces, tragicomedies, comédie-ballets, and more. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are ...
Molière (baptized January 15, 1622, Paris, France—died February 17, 1673, Paris) French actor and playwright, the greatest of all writers of French comedy.
Between 7 and 13 May 1664, Molière took part in The Pleasures of the Enchanted Island. He organised the staged elements of the event, working closely with Lully ...
Sophisticated comedies of French playwright Molière, pen name of Jean Baptiste Poquelin, include Tartuffe (1664), The Misanthrope (1666), and The Bourgeois ...
Molière (1622 – 17 February 1673) was a French actor, director and writer. His real name was Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, Molière was his stage name.
Molière is considered the creator of modern French comedy and the fact his writings and performances are still studied, interpreted, and celebrated today ...
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright, stage director, ...
Moliere. Moliere, born Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, was an actor, playwright and director who became one of France's best-known writers for his work that ranged from ...
Jean-Baptiste. Poquelin (later known as Molière) was baptized on. January 15, 1622; his parents, Jean Poquelin and Marie Cressé, were stolid French.
Born between January 13 and January 15 of the year 1622, from a 25yo tapestry-maker, Jean Poguelin (who worked for the King of France from 1631), ...