Who was Moliere? He is known everywhere as one of the world's greatest playwrights. But who was he? Born Jean-Baptiste Poquelin in 1622, the son of a prosperous tapestry maker. His mother ...
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Title: Molière (1978)
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Philippe Caubère | ... | Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, dit Molière / La Mort |
| Marie-Françoise Audollent | ... | La Forest - La servante | |
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Frédéric Ladonne | ... | Molière enfant |
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Odile Cointepas | ... | La mère de Molière |
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Jonathan Sutton | ... | La Grange |
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Joséphine Derenne | ... | Madeleine Béjart |
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Brigitte Catillon | ... | Armande Béjart |
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Julien Maurel | ... | L'ami de Molière |
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Philippe Cointepas | ... | Un camarade de Jean-Baptiste |
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Armand Delcampe | ... | Jean Poquelin, le père de Molière |
| Jean Dasté | ... | Le grand-père de Molière | |
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Mathieu Rongier | ... | Un camarade de Jean-Baptiste |
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Alexandre Ferran | ... | Un camarade de Jean-Baptiste |
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Jean-Claude Penchenat | ... | Le Roi Louis XIV |
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Thomas Félix-Françoise | ... | Un camarade de Jean-Baptiste |
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Who was Moliere? He is known everywhere as one of the world's greatest playwrights. But who was he? Born Jean-Baptiste Poquelin in 1622, the son of a prosperous tapestry maker. His mother died when he was a boy. Growing up in the teeming streets of 17th century Paris, Jean Baptiste received a good Jesuit education and was fascinated by the street fairs and traveling carnivals that flourished in spite of the religious repression and hypocrisy of those cruel times. As a young man he joined the theatrical Bejart family to establish the Illustre-Theatre, which soon went bankrupt. The troupe reformed, found patronage, and went on the road for thirteen years, performing all over France. Poquelin developed his stagecraft adapting Commedia dell Arte plots to please brutalized peasants and cynical townspeople. He also married Madeline Bejart, the widowed daughter of the troupe's founder. Later he entered into a love affair with Mme Bejart's daughter, to the dismay of all. The troupe eventually... Written by John Christopher <johnpickman@excite.com> revised by John Chapot
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