Moliere left home in 1643 to become an actor and toured the French provinces with a theatre group from 1645 to 1658. During this time he wrote some of his minor comedies and farces for the group. His first great success came with Precieuses Ridicules (1659). After this success he soon had a permanent theatre in Paris. His play Le Tartuffe (1664), which outraged the religious authorities of the time, was first banned until he revised it. His other notable works include Sganarelle (1660), L'Ecole des maris (1661), L'Ecole des femmes (1662), Le Festin de Pierre (1665), Le Misanthrope (1666), Amphitryon (1668) and Le Malade imaginaire (1673) during the performance of which, Moliere collapsed on stage and died. |
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