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Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, also known by his stage name, Molière, (January 15, 1622 – February 17, 1673) was a French playwright an actor who is considered one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature. Among Molière's best-known dramas are Le Misanthrope, (The Misanthrope), L'Ecole des femmes (The School for Wives), Tartuffe ou l'Imposteur, (Tartuffe or the Hypocrite), L'Avare ou l'École du mensonge (The Miser), Le Malade imaginaire (The Imaginary Invalid), and Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (The Bourgeois Gentleman).

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  • An updated 1996 version of this playwright's "Tartuffe" starred John Glover as a TV evangelist
  • Dominique Labbe says he's proved Pierre Corneille wrote the satires like "Tartuffe", attributed to this man
  • The 1st actress to play the role of Elmire in "Tartuffe" was his wife, Armande Bejart
  • His 1666 comedy, "Le Medecin malgre lui", is known in English as "The Doctor in Spite of Himself"
  • This playwright was a friend of Jean Racine, & his company staged Racine's first play
  • Instead of taking over his dad's upholstery business, he went on to become France's greatest comic dramatist
  • After he wrote "The School For Husbands", he caused a major scandal with "The School For Wives"
  • Balanchine's ballet "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme" is based on a 17th c. play by this Frenchman
  • He collapsed onstage in 1673 while playing the title role in his own play "The Imaginary Invalid", & died soon after
  • This playwright's "Bourgeois Gentilhomme" is stunned to find that he's been speaking prose all his life

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