Word: moli
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...story tells it, taking an occasional liberty with the facts, Moliére was born Jean-Baptiste Poquelin. His father was a master upholsterer and a minor functionary of the court, whose duty it was to prepare the king's bed three months of the year. He intended that his son would turn down the royal sheets after he had gone, but the young man decided to become a lawyer and went to Orléans for training. He eventually concluded that all lawyers are frauds and decided to become a legitimate fraud, which is to say an actor...
...Moliére, PBS, five parts starting...
...that when it comes to turning history into television, the British are better than the Americans. Now it is clear that they are better than the French as well. American viewers have a rare opportunity to see a major French production, a five-part dramatization of the life of Moliére. It is, unfortunately, a disappointment, a beautiful but boring fête brillante...