MOLIÈRE, 400e ! We have wondered a lot about the vocation of young Jean-Baptiste Poquelin. His love for the actress Madeleine Béjart? Mystery.
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Ohas embroidered so much on Molière’s life! To celebrate the 400e anniversary of his birth, it’s time to find the man behind the actor.
The birth of the vocation for the theater of the young Jean-Baptiste Poquelin has always puzzled his admirers. How did this son and grandson of successful upholsterers get the idea to step onto the boards? Many hypotheses have been put forward, but none of them are based on concrete arguments.
In the XVIIe century, the eldest son of a wealthy craftsman did not have much choice in terms of profession. Either he took over from the father, or he aimed for a more prestigious destiny. But to embark on an artistic genre considered infamous by the Church, which was the case with the theater at that time, c …
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