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Molière

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

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  1. Molière Updated Edition

  2. Molière 1622-1673

  3. 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

  4. Italian Farce • Publicly popular style • Sought to emulate • ‘Sganarelle, ou le cocu imaginaire’ (1660) • Some the plots were outlined but actors could improvise lines

  5. Works • Dom Garcie de Navarre (1661) • L’École des Maris (1661) • Les Fâcheux (1661) • L’École des femmes (1662)

  6. Works • Dom Juan (1665) • Le Misanthrope (1666) • Le bourgeois gentilhomme (1670)

  7. Tartuffe oul’imposteur 1664 1667 1669

  8. Le Malade Imaginaire 1673

  9. Conclusion • Success with support from the crown • Portrayed common human faults • Master of comedy • Still performed today

  10. Source • Walker, Hallam. Molière Updated Edition. Boston: Twayne, 1990.

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