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Also Known As	Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
Baptized	January 15, 1622
Died	February 17, 1673 • Paris • France
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” • “Psyché” • “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