Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.

Thomas Carlyle, 1795 – 1881
Jean-Baptiste Molière biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Jean-Baptiste Molière

Author Name:

Jean-Baptiste Molière

Born As:

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin

Other Names:

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Molière

Born:

15 Jan 1622

Died:

17 Feb 1673




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Dramatist and actor                          
Selected Works:


Le Médecin volant 1645 - The Flying Doctor
La Jalousie du barbouillé 1650
L'Étourdi ou les Contretemps 1655
Le Dépit amoureux December 16th 1656
Le Docteur amoureux 1658, the first play performed by Molière's troupe for Louis XIV now lost --The Doctor in Love
Les Précieuses ridicules November 18th 1659 - The Affected Young Ladies
Sganarelle ou le Cocu imaginaire May 28th 1660 - Sganarelle, or the Imaginary Cuckold
Dom Garcie de Navarre ou le Prince jaloux February 4th 1661
L'École des maris June 24th 1661 - The School for Husbands
Les Fâcheux August 17th 1661 - The Mad
L'École des femmes December 26th 1662 Adapted into The Amorous Flea in 1964 --The School for Wives
La Jalousie du Gros-René April 15th 1663 presumably the same as "La Jalousie du Barbouillé"
La Critique de l'école des femmes June 1st 1663 - Critique of the School for Wives
L'Impromptu de Versailles October 14th 1663
Le Mariage forcé January 29th 1664
Gros-René, petit enfant April 27th 1664 now lost
La Princesse d'Élide May 8th 1664
Tartuffe ou l'Imposteur May 12th 1664 - Tartuffe, or The Imposter or Hypocrite
Dom Juan ou le Festin de pierre February 15th 1665
L'Amour médecin September 15th 1665 - Doctor of Love
Le Misanthrope ou l'Atrabilaire amoureux June 4th 1666 - The Misanthrope
Le Médecin malgré lui August 6th 1666 --The Doctor in Spite of Himself
Mélicerte December 2nd 1666
Pastorale comique January 5th 1667
Le Sicilien ou l'Amour peintre February 14th 1667
Amphitryon January 13th 1668
George Dandin ou le Mari confondu July 18th 1668 - George Dandin, or the Abashed Husband
L'Avare ou l'École du mensonge September 9th 1668 - The Miser
Monsieur de Pourceaugnac October 6th 1669
Les Amants magnifiques February 4th 1670
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme October 14th 1670 --The Bourgeois Gentlemen
Psyché January 17th 1671 - Psyche
Les Fourberies de Scapin May 24th 1671
La Comtesse d'Escarbagnas December 2nd 1671
Les Femmes Savantes March 11th 1672 - The Learned Ladies
Le Malade imaginaire February 10th 1673 - The Hypochondriac.                          
Mother Marie Cressé
Father Jean Poquelin                          
                          
He died without sacraments because two priests refused to visit him and the third arrived too late. It is said that he was wearing green, and because of that, there is a superstition that green brings bad luck to actors.