Molière 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 at
Jean Baptiste Le Sueur Fontaine Jean Baptiste Le Sueur Fontaine Jean Baptiste Fontaine, né "Le Sueur", (Paris, France 1745 – New Orleans, 5 July 1814), was a French actor and theatre director. He was director of the theatre in Cap-Haïtien and an actor and newspaper editor in New Orleans. He was known under his stage name Fontaine. Born in Paris, he moved to Saint Domingue before 1775, where he was employed at the Cap-Français Theatre. In 1780, he succeeded Deforges as the director of the theatre in Cap-Français, and under his leadership, the theatre reached its greatest success, interrupted only after the great revolution. In