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Molière
     
Molière
(1622-73) a French actor and writer of plays whose real name was Jean-Baptiste Poquelin. His most famous works are comedies that make fun of human behaviour, such as Le Misanthrope, Tartuffe, and Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme.
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