Molière Sagnier. Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière (; ; 15 January 162217 February 1673), was a French playwright, actor and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and universal literature. His extant works includes comedies, farces, tragicomedies, comédie-ballets, and more. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed at the Comédie-Française more often than those of any other playwright today. His influence is such that the French language itself is often referred to as the "language of Molière". Born into a prosperous family and having studied
Jean-Baptiste de Milcent Jean-Baptiste de Milcent Jean-Baptiste Gabriel Marie de Milcent (28 June 1747, Paris 1833, Paris) was a French playwright and journalist. Raised by the Jesuits, he directed the "Journal d'agriculture" for twenty years. On 5 January 1785, he established the "Journal ou Annales de Normandie", biweekly until 30 Decembre 1789, which he renamed the "Journal de Normandie, ou de Rouen" 18 June 1790 and which appeared three times a week until October 31, 1790, then daily from November 1790 to 11 May 1791. Returning to Paris at the outbreak of the Revolution, he became secretary of the Académie royale de musique