Photo: Pierre Mignard I / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Molière is one of those rare figures who managed to be genuinely dangerous with a quill — he didn't just write comedies, he weaponized laughter against hypocrisy, religious fraud, and social pretension in ways that got him in real trouble with real powerful people. Tartuffe was literally banned by the king for years because it hit too close to home, and The Misanthrope still reads like it was written last Tuesday. What kills me is that he died the way he lived — on stage, performing The Imaginary Invalid, a play about a hypochondriac, hours before his actual death. You genuinely cannot script that kind of irony. Four hundred years on, theater companies everywhere still open with his work, and that's the only award that actually matters.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Molière
- Name (Japanese)
- モリエール
- Reading
- もりえーる
- Born
- January 15, 1622 – February 17, 1673
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Dog
- Origin
- Paris, France
- Occupation
- playwright / stage actor / poet / satirist / theatre director
2. Background
- University
- Old University of Orléans
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Scapin the Schemer | — | |
| Notable work | Le Bourgeois gentilhomme | — | |
| Notable work | The Imaginary Invalid | — | |
| Notable work | The Misanthrope | — | |
| Notable work | Tartuffe | — | |
| Notable work | Don Juan | — |
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A8%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB
Frequently asked questions
When was Molière born?
January 15, 1622 – February 17, 1673.
Where is Molière from?
Molière is from Paris, France.
What does Molière do?
Molière works as playwright, stage actor, poet, satirist, theatre director.
What is Molière known for?
Notable works include Scapin the Schemer, Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, The Imaginary Invalid.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.