And for my last artifact, I present to you this lovely poster. Believe it or not my artist has a movie that was released in 2007. Never heard of this movie?! It's hip. It's classic. It's only been released in Europe, so no wonder you haven't heard of it. All I know about the movie is that it's a biography about moliere, It was pretty successful and Moliere was played by a french actor named Romain Duris.(cover)
Watch out ladies. He might be single. ;)
http://lewbpedagogique.com/lall/wp-content/blogs.bir/594/files/index_05.jpg. Web. 8 Apr 2010.

"www.imdb.com/title/tt0796335/." www.imdb.com. amazon.com, n.d. Web. 8 Apr 2010

[The play is about a miser, Argan, who imagines himself sick when he is not. He dutifully sticks to any instructions given to him by his doctor. His doctors milk his hypochondria for all it is worth, which leads eventually to their demise. Argan wants his daughter Angelique to marry a doctor so he can get free medical care, even though she is already in love with Cleante. Together with Argan's maid Toinette, his brother Beralde attempts to cure Argan of his fixation on doctors. Together, they convince him to play dead, in order to find out who is really loyal to him. As it turns out, Argan's second wife is only after his money, whereas his daughter really loves him. After the revival of the supposedly-dead Argan, Angelique is free to marry whomever she chooses.]

This Play is known as the Imaginary invalid. I know, wierd title right? Anyway this is a brief summary about the play. Also this play was the last play moliere wrote or performed since he died two hours after the fourth performnce.

"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Imaginary_Invalid." www.wikipedia.org. wikimedia foundation incorporated, 20, march, 2010. Web. 8 Apr 2010.

While moliere was with the illustre theatre, He recieved some serious debts for renting theatres and then was sentenced twice for not paying his debts for the theatres that he used.

http://heebmagazine.com/files/uploaded_files/jailcell_410.jpg. Web. 7 Apr 2010.

I know what your thinkin. What the heck does a seemingly comfortable couch have to do with someone associated with theatre? Well, lets just use our minds here and think about what moliere's life would be like if he didn't discover theatre. DUNH DUNH DUNNNNNH. Ok. Enough of that. Seriously folks, Moliere worked for the king with his dad as an upholsterer. So if Moliere didn't decide to join the theatre, he would have become an upholsterer.

http://www.nsupholstry.co.uk/images/home.jpg. Web. 7 Apr 2010.

[The first of Moliere’s plays to bring him tremendous success was the 1662 five-act comedy The School for Wives. The play involves the comic disasters caused by Arnolphe, a man so afraid of being betrayed by a woman that he insists that his ward, Agnes, be raised as innocently as possible so he can eventually marry her. Starved for male attention after her entire childhood in a convent, Agnes immediately falls in love with Arnolphe’s friend Horace, having no idea that Arnolphe intends her for himself. The play received such positive attention that King Louis XIV granted Moliere a yearly pension for his work.]

This is another one of moliere's famous plays known as The school for wives. Even though the plotline is very close to The school for husbands, this play came first due to the fact that it was performed in front of the king. moliere then proceded to make school for husbands later in his years. This gives a decent description of what happens in this play.

Ellis, Jessica. "What are some of moliere's plays." http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-some-of-molieres-plays.htm. conjecture corporation, n.d. Web. 7 Apr 2010.

This is called the Lycee louis-le-grand this place was where moliere went to college while he worked with his father. It is said that he moy have studied law before trying to become an actor, although its not quite sure if that is true or not.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/lycee_louis-le-grand.jpg. Web. 6 Apr 2010.

This wounderful building is known as the Comedie Francaise. This building was built and dedicated for moliere seven years after his death.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/paris_comedie francaise.jpg. Web. 6 Apr 2010

[With The School for Husbands (L'École des Maris) Molière threw all his previous achievements into the shade, whether as regards character, plot, situation or dialogue. In selecting his materials he would appear to have had in mind the Adelphi of Plautus and Lopé de Vega's Discreta Enamorada. His obligation to these works, however, was slight, as a comparison of them with School for Husbands will show. Two brothers, Ariste and Sganarelle, with Molière as the latter, are respectively guardians of two sisters, Léonor and Isabelle, the former personated by Armande Béjart. Each intends to espouse his ward, but treats her in a different way. Ariste, reposing implicit confidence in Léonor, concedes her full liberty of action; Sganarelle, suspicious and tyrannical, seeks to cut Isabelle from all intercourse with the world. The wisdom of Ariste is justified by the event; but the other suitor, in addition to forfeiting any regard Isabelle may have had for him, is made a go-between for the benefit of a more favored lover, whose name is Valèrie. In many points this groundwork is new, and for all that constitutes the excellence of the play, especially the robust manliness and good sense of Ariste, the delicacy with which Isabelle is exhibited in difficult circumstances, and the piquancy of the character of the soubrette, as played by Madelein Béjart, Molière was indebted only to his own genius. For the rest, School for Husbands was triumphantly successful. Loret tells us that it became the "delight of all Paris." Not long afterward it was represented by the same players before the court at Vaux, where, as in the capital, it added to the reputation of the dramatist.]
This paragraph explains one of moliere's most famous plays known as The school for husbands. This play is very well-known in the theatre department. I would have posted up a smaller phrased paragraph explaning what this is all about, but I don't know what it's about either. I will edit this blog later with the deets....hopefully.

bates, alfred. "The Drama: Its History, Literature and Influence on Civilization." volume 7. london, England: historical publishing company, 1906. Print

This place is known as the musee du Louvre. Why is this place so important

to my artist? Well, this building is the place where Moliere's fame was made. Back in his time, the louvre was used as a rent theatre. For one of moliere's shows, the king of france came to watch the performance in this building. This simple performance wrote his name among the greatest playwrights of France.

"http://www.paristheguide.com/luoghi/img/louvre_1.jpg." www.paristheguide.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Apr 2010.