The result is "L'Astrologue ou les Faux Presages" (The Astrologer or the False Omens), a comedy that will debut next year in the Palace of Versailles, where Louis XIV, Moliere's patron, held court ...

Molière, the matchless Mozartean writer of comedies, is, however improbably, at the heart of a new debate in Paris. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, to use his real name, was born, or at least baptized, in ...

Regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and indeed, world literature, Euronews Culture celebrates the 400th anniversary of Molière's birth. Saturday marks the 400th anniversary ...

On “Molière, the Game of True and False” at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Richelieu Site, Paris. The exhibition strives to separate the myths and facts of Molière’s life. The show and its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. French dramatist and actor Jean Baptiste Poquelin de Molière (1622-1673), circa 1660 (Getty) It was a first night like no other.

To delve into the sometimes fraught relationship between the Catholic Church and the French playwright Molière (1622-73) while celebrating the latter’s 400th birthday might spoil the party. After all, ...

Molière, France’s most famous playwright, turns 400 this year. Anniversary celebrations in France and around the world shine a light on an author who poked fun at authority, and whose work is said to ...

What do Molière and Kansas City have in common? On the surface, not much. But by combining celebrations of the French playwright’s 400th birthday and the State of Missouri’s bicentennial, organisers ...

Analysis by French academics finds scant evidence to support accepted view that the classic plays were written by a better educated man For at least a century, scholars have argued that the supposed ...

At the Lycée Montaigne in Paris, students are re-enacting excerpts from his plays in a show highlighting violence against women, and Molière's modernity. The world of theatre will celebrate the 400th ...

Two French researchers from the CNRS and Ecole nationale des chartes have disproved the theory holding that Corneille was Molière's ghostwriter—a popular and century-old theory defended by some ...