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Also Known As Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
Baptized January 15, 1622
Died February 17, 1673 • ParisFrance
Notable Works “Dom Juan; ou le festin de pierre”“George Dandin”“L’Impromptu de Versailles”“La Critique de L’École des femmes”“Le Misanthrope”“Lettre sur la comédie de l’Imposteur”“Psych锓Sganarelle”“Tartuffe”“The Affected Young Ladies”“The Amorous Doctor”“The Amorous Quarrel”“The Blue-Stockings”“The Blunderer; or, The Mishaps”“The Bourgeois Gentleman”“The Doctor in Spite of Himself”“The Forced Marriage”“The Imaginary Invalid”“The Miser”“The School for Wives”
Notable Family Members spouse Armande Béjart

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