MoliÈre, Jean Baptiste Poquelin
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...poklaN molyer , 1622 73, French playwright and actor, b...Moliere was the creator of French high comedy; his genius lay in exposing...dellarte , he wrote farces, comedies, masks, and ballets on short...often called the first comedy of manners and Le Malade imaginaire...was fatally stricken. Also comedies of character, but depending...