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Molière pour rire et pour pleurer recounts the life of Jean‑Baptiste Poquelin, from his childhood in an artisan family to his rise as Molière, a central figure of French theatre. The series shows his difficult
Season 1
8.0/101 votesEpisode 3
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/22/1973
Molière triumphs with The Pretentious Ladies, but the farce causes embarrassment. His rivals, judging the satire far too realistic, manage to have Molière’s new theatre demolished. Yet they hadn’t counted on the favor of King Louis XIV.
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8.0/101 votesEpisode 5
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/6/1973
Molière moves from disappointment to disappointment. His plays fail to win unanimous praise, Racine — his treacherous friend — enjoys triumphant beginnings, and Armande’s jealousy grows. She reproaches him for neglecting her in favor of the young “Baron,” the son Molière never had. Poquelin then writes a toned‑down version of Tartuffe to present to the public.
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8.0/101 votesEpisode 6
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/13/1973
Jealous of Molière’s success, Lully tries to discredit him in the eyes of the King. Crushed by debt, the composer dreams of claiming Molière’s author royalties. Meanwhile, Molière — aged and greatly weakened — has withdrawn to the countryside to write. Despite the melancholy consuming him, he refuses to give up performing The Imaginary Invalid, his final swan song.
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7.0/101 votesEpisode 1
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/8/1973
In 1642, Jean Poquelin, an ordinary upholsterer to the King, urges his son Jean‑Baptiste to become a lawyer. But Jean‑Baptiste is irresistibly drawn to the theatre — and to the actress Madeleine Béjart. Supported by her family, the young man founds “L’Illustre Théâtre,” a troupe devoted to tragic drama.
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7.0/101 votesEpisode 2
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/15/1973
Faced with mounting debts and lukewarm reviews, Molière — newly self‑renamed — agrees to join the troupe of the aging Dufresne. It doesn’t take long before Dufresne entrusts him with its direction. Success follows. Back in Paris, eager to satisfy an audience constantly craving novelty, the stage director ventures into comedy.
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7.0/101 votesEpisode 4
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/29/1973
Molière found an ally in the person of the King. Both men were targeted and weary of the attacks from the “right‑thinking” members of the Catholic Church. So when Molière read the first three acts of Tartuffe to the King — a fierce portrait of a false devotee — the sovereign decided to have the play performed at Versailles, before the entire Court.
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