Biography of Molière

By the year 1641, Molière was a practicing lawyer. In the year 1643, upon the death of the king, Molière co-founded the L’Illustre Theatre with Madeline Bejart for whom he had fallen in love with. It was during this time that he acquired the pseudonym Molière, for which he hoped to distance himself from his family status given theatre was considered low art. Molière faced two consecutive imprisonments due to the theatre company’s debts. It was later after these arrests that he moved on to join another company, and this time he toured France with his captivating plays such L’Etourdi, ou le Contretemps, Le Depitamoureux, Les Precieuses Ridicules, L’Ecole des maris, Dom Juan, Le Misanthrope, and Le Medecinmalgrelui.