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Molière
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Author of:
- Don Juan,
- The Grouch,
- The Hypochondriac,
- The Hypochondriac,
- The Hypochondriac and Other Plays,
- Landmarks Of French Classical Drama,
- Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme,,
- The Misanthrope,
- The Misanthrope,
- The Miser,
- The Miser/The Idiot,
- Molière: Le Misanthrope,
- The School for Wives,
- Tartuffe,
- Tartuffe,
- Tartuffe
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Biography
Molière (born Jean-Baptiste Poquelin in 1622) was a French playwright and actor-manager. Molière's main achievement was in raising the standard of French comedy to a level commensurate with French tragedy. In doing so he created a body of work that would continue to be performed for the next three centuries, providing generation after generation of performers with some of their finest roles.