Molière

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French writer actor comedian person playwright theatre director

Molière was a 17th-century French playwright and actor renowned for his sharp comedies that satirized social pretension and hypocrisy, making him one of the most influential figures in Western theatre.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Molière canonical 49
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin 2
Esprit-Madeleine Poquelin 1

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French writer ⓘ
actor ⓘ
comedian ⓘ
person ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
theatre director ⓘ
ageAtDeath 50 ⓘ
birthName Molière self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
burialPlace Père Lachaise Cemetery ⓘ
surface form: Cimetière du Père-Lachaise (reinterred)

Paris ⓘ
causeOfDeath pulmonary disease ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
culturalHeritage French classical canon ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1622-01-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1673-02-17 ⓘ
ethnicGroup French ⓘ
familyName Molière self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Poquelin
fieldOfWork dramatic literature ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
satire ⓘ
givenName Jean-Baptiste ⓘ
hasInfluenced George Bernard Shaw ⓘ
Henrik Ibsen ⓘ
Jean Racine ⓘ
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais ⓘ
influenced French drama ⓘ
Western theatre ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
memberOf troupe of the Duke of Orléans ⓘ
surface form: Troupe du Roi

troupe of the Duke of Orléans ⓘ
movement French classical theatre ⓘ
Neoclassicism ⓘ
notableFor critique of religious hypocrisy ⓘ
development of French comedy ⓘ
satire of social pretension ⓘ
notableWork Don Juan ⓘ
surface form: Dom Juan

Le Bourgeois gentilhomme ⓘ
Le Malade imaginaire ⓘ
Le Misanthrope ⓘ
Les Femmes savantes ⓘ
Les Précieuses ridicules ⓘ
L’Avare ⓘ
L’École des femmes ⓘ
L’École des maris ⓘ
Tartuffe ⓘ
occupation playwright ⓘ
stage actor ⓘ
theatre director ⓘ
theatre manager ⓘ
patron Louis XIV of France ⓘ
surface form: Louis XIV
period 17th century ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kingdom of France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
placeOfDeath Kingdom of France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
pseudonym Molière ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Paris ⓘ
spouse Armande Béjart ⓘ

Referenced by (57)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Louis XIV of France → patronOf → Molière ⓘ
Lycée Louis-le-Grand → hasAlumnus → Molière ⓘ
Molière → birthName → Molière self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
Molière → familyName → Molière self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Poquelin
Molière → pseudonym → Molière ⓘ
Jean-Baptiste Lully → collaboratedWith → Molière ⓘ
Louis Dieudonné → employer → Molière ⓘ
Père Lachaise Cemetery → burialPlaceOf → Molière ⓘ
French royal court → patronized → Molière ⓘ
Nicolas Fouquet → patronOf → Molière ⓘ
Tartuffe → author → Molière ⓘ
L’École des femmes → author → Molière ⓘ
troupe of the Duke of Orléans → member → Molière ⓘ
troupe of the Duke of Orléans → notableMember → Molière ⓘ
Armande Béjart → spouse → Molière ⓘ
Armande Béjart → child → Molière ⓘ
this entity surface form: Esprit-Madeleine Poquelin
Armande Béjart → child → Molière ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pierre-Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
Le Misanthrope → author → Molière ⓘ
L’École des maris → author → Molière ⓘ
L’École des maris → writer → Molière ⓘ
L’Avare → author → Molière ⓘ
Le Malade imaginaire → author → Molière ⓘ
Le Malade imaginaire → notableAspect → Molière ⓘ
this entity surface form: Molière collapsed on stage during a performance
Le Malade imaginaire → hasLibrettist → Molière ⓘ
The Apotheosis of Homer → depicts → Molière ⓘ
Giovanni Battista Lulli → collaboratedWith → Molière ⓘ
Les Précieuses ridicules → author → Molière ⓘ
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme → creator → Molière ⓘ
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme → author → Molière ⓘ
Les Femmes savantes → author → Molière ⓘ
Les Femmes savantes → creator → Molière ⓘ
Les Femmes savantes → isPartOfOeuvreOf → Molière ⓘ
Pierre Beauchamp → collaboratedWith → Molière ⓘ
William Congreve → influencedBy → Molière ⓘ
Reign of Louis XIV → associatedWithPlaywright → Molière ⓘ
College of Louis le Grand → hasAlumnus → Molière ⓘ
subject surface form: Collège Louis-le-Grand
French literature → hasNotableAuthor → Molière ⓘ
Thea Sharrock → playwright → Molière ⓘ
subject surface form: The Misanthrope
Comédie-Française → notablePlaywrightInRepertoire → Molière ⓘ
New Comedy → influenced → Molière ⓘ
Plautus → influenced → Molière ⓘ
French classicism → majorFigure → Molière ⓘ
Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński → influencedBy → Molière ⓘ
Auteuil, Paris, France → notableResident → Molière ⓘ
Molière Award for Best Female Newcomer → namedAfter → Molière ⓘ
French theatre → hasKeyFigure → Molière ⓘ
Pierre Corneille → contemporaryOf → Molière ⓘ
Auteuil → hasNotableResident → Molière ⓘ
this entity surface form: Molière (historical association with the area)
Pézenas → notablePersonAssociated → Molière ⓘ
Bust of Molière → depicts → Molière ⓘ