The true story of Molière, the illustrious little-known

2024-02-19T15:20:41.155Z

Highlights: The true story of Molière, the illustrious little-known. How did he become the greatest man in the history of French theater? What are his last secrets? To talk about it, Stéphane Bern receives Martial Poirson, historian, professor of cultural history and theater studies at the University of Paris 8. Historically Yours is produced by Guillaume Vasseau and Pierre-Vincent Letourneau, and edited by Benjamin Delsol and Armelle Thiberge.

Stéphane Bern tells the story of the most famous French playwright about whom we are unfortunately far from knowing everything because, beyond his flamboyant texts, the rest has flown away, or has often been extrapolated. Or the true story of Molière, the famous little-known... What do we really know about Molière's personality? How did he become the greatest man in the history of French theater? What are his last secrets? To talk about it, Stéphane Bern receives Martial Poirson, historian, professor of cultural history and theater studies at the University of Paris 8, co-director of the work "Le Grand Dictionnaire Molière" (Armand Colin) and author of the works "Molière, the making of national glory (1622-2022)" (Seuil) and "Molière, from acrobat to favorite" (Dunod)