In less than fifteen years, Molière imposed himself at the court of Louis XIV, as well as in the city. Confined to the comic genre, he transforms it to defend his values.
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“Jnever a man has ever known how to use the occasion so well. writes the playwright and critic Donneau de Visé about Molière. Is it his ability to jump at the chance that explains his breathtaking career? Let’s remember a few dates. In 1658, his troupe returned to Paris. Admittedly, in thirteen years, it has made a name for itself and its leader has even begun to carve out some success as an author. But, from 1659, he triumphed with The ridiculous Precious, ambitious piece in which he makes fun of those who pretend to ape the intellectual elite of the time. In 1662, another challenge, another success, that of Women’s school, a troubled comedy in which he attacks old husbands who want to imprison youth. In four years, he conquered the king, the court, but also the Parisian public. How? ‘Or’ What…
Molière – The Secrets of a Genius
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We know his plays, we live with his characters, we recite his tirades. Molière is inseparable from the “French spirit”. But if we know the work, what do we know of the man? Four hundred years after the birth of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, it is time to find out. “Le Point” opens the file.
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