Moliere's plays alone will be performed at the Paris monument to Moliere until July, which started yesterday with the orginal censored version of 'Tartuffe', which will be shown live in cinemas too. Photo: AFP
France has launched a year of events to mark the 400th anniversary of Moliere, the nation's most illustrious and ever popular master of the stage and satire.
Baptised on January 15, 1622, and probably born a day or two before, Moliere - real name Jean-Baptiste Poquelin - remains as central to French culture as Shakespeare to the English-speaking world.
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Moliere celebrations
Moliere's plays alone will be performed at the Paris monument to Moliere until July, which started yesterday with the orginal censored version of 'Tartuffe', which will be shown live in cinemas too. Photo: AFP
La Comedie-Francaise is the oldest theatre company in the world. Called the 'house of Moliere' even though he never went there, the theatre has been haunted by Moliere for almost 400 years. Photo: AFP
French playwright Moliere's armchair used in the play theatre "Le Malade imaginaire" (The Imaginary Invalid), at the Comedie Francaise, national theatre in Paris. Photo: AFP
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