Molière

[ mohl-yair; French maw-lyer ]

noun

1. Jean Baptiste Poquelin, 1622–73, French actor and playwright.

Molière

/ mɔljɛr /

noun

1. Molière16221673MFrenchTHEATRE: dramatist real name Jean-Baptiste Poquelin. 1622–73, French dramatist, regarded as the greatest French writer of comedy. His works include Tartuffe (1664), Le Misanthrope (1666), L'Avare (1668), Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (1670), and Le Malade imaginaire (1673)

Molière

1. Nom de plume of Jean Baptiste Poquelin, a seventeenth-century French playwright. He is best known for his comedies of satire , such as The Misanthrope and Tartuffe .

Example Sentences

It opened at the Duchess Theatre in September 2014 where it has been performed more than 3,500 times with 106 actors and won 11 awards including an Olivier, a Tony and a Moliére.

From BBC

Freyda Thomas adapts Moliere’s ‘Tartuffe’ with an American twist in a winning production at Topanga’s beloved Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum.

From Los Angeles Times

The bucolic beauty of this beloved outdoor amphitheater in Topanga distracted me from the agreeable, lighthearted update of Moliere’s classic.

From Los Angeles Times

Moliere’s “Tartuffe” concerns the fallout in a family after an aging patriarch falls under the spell of a religious con artist.

From Los Angeles Times

The support beam of theater in France, Molière is nowhere near as famous in the United States.

From New York Times