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Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist pɔklɛ̃]; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (UK: / ˈ m ɒ l i ɛər, ˈ m oʊ l-/, US: / m oʊ l ˈ j ɛər, ˌ m oʊ l i ˈ ɛər /, [1] [2] [3] French:), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the great writers in the French language and world literature.
Histoire et dictionnaire de Paris. Robert Laffont. ISBN 2221078624. Fierro, Alfred (2003). La vie des Parisiens sous Napoléon. Napoléon 1er éditions. ISBN 9782951953901. Meunier, Florian (2014). Le Paris du moyen âge. Paris: Editions Ouest-France. ISBN 978-2-7373-6217-0. Sarmant, Thierry (2012). Histoire de Paris: Politique, urbanisme ...
View of the Palais-Royal in 1679. The theatre was in the east wing (on the right). The Théâtre du Palais-Royal (French pronunciation: [teatʁ dy palɛ ʁwajal]; or Grande Salle du Palais-Royal) on the rue Saint-Honoré in Paris was a theatre in the east wing of the Palais-Royal, which opened on 14 January 1641 with a performance of Jean Desmarets' tragicomedy Mirame.
Les Femmes savantes (engraving by Moreau le jeune). Les Femmes savantes (French pronunciation: [le fam savɑ̃t], The Learned Ladies) is a comedy by Molière in five acts, written in verse.
It was first performed on September 9, 1668, in the theatre of the Palais-Royal in Paris. [3] ... aired on BBC 3 radio in 2022 for Moliere's 400th anniversary. ...
The School for Husbands is a play written by Molière and originally performed in 1661 in Paris. [1] Inspired by the Adelphoe of Terence, it was the first of his full length plays, preceding The School for Wives by a year. [2] The plot centers on the suitors of two sisters, each of whom is a ward of each of the two men.
Molière's company (La Troupe de Molière) was the theatrical company which formed around Molière from 1648 onwards, when he was performing in the French provinces after the failure of the Illustre Théâtre in 1645.
The Palais-Royal (French: [pa.lɛ ʁwa.jal]) is a former French royal palace located on Rue Saint-Honoré in the 1st arrondissement of Paris.The screened entrance court faces the Place du Palais-Royal, opposite the Louvre.