One is easily fooled by that which one loves.- Molière.
She is the most nominated actress for the Molière Award, with 7 nominations.
As a point of comparison, Molière, often called the French Shakespeare, was a pseudonym.
Despite royal support, Molière's unsparing pen offended powerful interests
who sought to censor his work.
Molière wrote in the preface to Tartuffe,“The duty of comedy
is to correct men by amusing them.”.
As Molière wrote in the preface to Tartuffe,“The duty of comedy
is to correct men by amusing them.”.
His dramatization of Molière's life in The Cabal of Hypocrites(1936) is still performed by
the Moscow Art Theatre.
Enduring years of financial hardship, Molière was imprisoned for debts before his breakthrough in 1658, when
his company performed for a royal audience at the Louvre.
It's surely also one of the most atmospheric- an eerie yet beautiful haven and
the resting place of(among others) Molière, Chopin and ex-Doors singer Jim Morrison.
Inspiring future generations of comedians, Molière's spirit lives on today through the work of humorists
and satirists who share a fearless commitment to skewering hypocrisy with sharp-edged insights.
The aim is clearly to sell the production to a global audience,
but filming in the language of Shakespeare, not Molière, may be more appropriate than it first appears.
Molière starred in the title role of Argan,
a severe hypochondriac who tries to convince his daughter to forsake her true love and marry his doctor's son, so as to save on medical bills.