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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Observed surface forms (2)

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Jean-Baptiste Poquelin 1
Poquelin 1

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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 ⓘ

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

Molière → birthName → Molière self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
Louis Dieudonné → employer → Molière ⓘ
Molière → familyName → Molière self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Poquelin
Louis XIV of France → patronOf → Molière ⓘ
Nicolas Fouquet → patronOf → Molière ⓘ
French royal court → patronized → Molière ⓘ
Molière → pseudonym → Molière ⓘ