MADELEINE BEJART (1618-1672)  was at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the travelling See also:

• COMPANY

company to which her See also:

• SISTER

sister See also:

• GENEVIEVE, or GENOVEFA, ST (c. 422-512)

Genevieve (1631-1675)—who played as Mlle Herve—and her See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers belonged, before they joined See also:

• MOLIERE (1622-1673)

Moliere in forming l'Illustre See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

Theatre (1643) . With Moliere she remained until her See also:

• DEATH

death on the 17th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1672 . She had had an illegitimate daughter (1638) by an See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count, and her conduct on her See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early travels had not been exemplary, but whatever her private relations with Moliere may have been, however acrimonious and violent her See also:

• TEMPER (from Lat. temperare, to mingle or compound in due proportion, to qualify, rule, regulate, to be moderate, formed from tempos, time, fit or due season)

temper, she and her See also:

• FAMILY

family remained faithful to his fortunes . She was a tall, handsome blonde, and an excellent actress, particularly in soubrette parts, a number of which Moliere wrote for her . Among her creations were Maratte in See also:

• LES

Les Precieuses ridicules, Lisette in L'Ecole See also:

• DES

des marls, Dorine in Tartuffe . Her sister, ARMANDE GRESINDE CLAIRE See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

ELIZABETH BEJART (1645-1700), seems first to have joined the company at See also:

• LYONS
• LYONS (Fr. Lyon)
• LYONS, COUNCILS OF
• LYONS, EDMUND LYONS, BARON (1790-1858)
• LYONS, RICHARD BICKERTON PEMELL LYONS, 1ST EARL (1817–1887)

Lyons in 1653 . Moliere directed her See also:

• EDUCATION

education and she See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew up under his See also:

• EYE
• EYE (O. Eng. edge, Ger. Auge; derived from an Indo-European root also seen in Lat. oc-ulus, the organ of vision (q.v.)

eye . In 1662, he being then See also:

• FORTY

forty and she seventeen, they were married . Neither was happy; the wife was a flirt, the See also:

• HUSBAND

husband jealous . On the strength of a scurrilous See also:

• ANONYMOUS

anonymous pamphlet, La Fameuse Comedienne, ou histoire de la See also:

• GUERIN, JEAN BAPTISTE PAULIN (1783-1855)
• GUERIN, PIERRE NARCISSE, BARON (1774-1833)

Guerin (1688), her See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character has been held perhaps unduly See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low . She was certainly guilty of indifference and ingratitude, possibly of infidelity; they separated after the See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth of a daughter in 1665 and met only at the theatre until 1671 . But the See also:

• CHARM (through the Fr. from the Lat. carmen, a song)

charm and See also:

• GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
• GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )

grace which fascinated others, Moliere too could not resist, and they were reconciled .

Her portrait is given in a well-known See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene (See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act iii., Sc . 9) in Le See also:

• BOURGEOIS
• BOURGEOIS, LEON VICTOR AUGUSTE (1851– )

Bourgeois gentilhomme . Mme Moliere's first See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance on the See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage was in 1663, as Elise in the Critique de l'ecole des femmes . She was out of the See also:

• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast for a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time in 1664, when she See also:

• BORE

bore Moliere a son—See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XIV. and Henrietta of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England See also:

• STANDING

standing sponsors . But in the See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring, beginning with the fetes given at See also:

• VERSAILLES

Versailles by the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king to See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne of See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria and Maria See also:

• THERESA, ST (1515-1582)

Theresa, she started her See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list of important roles . She was at her best as Celimene—really her own highly-finished portrait—in Le Misanthrope, and hardly less admirable as Angelique in Le Malade imaginaire . She was the Elmire at the first performance of Tartuffe, and the Lucile of Le Bourgeois gentilhomme . All these parts were written by her husband to display her talents to the best See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage and she made the most of her opportunities . The death of Moliere, the See also:

• SECESSION

secession of See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron and several other actors, the rivalry of the Hotel de Bourgogne and the development of the Palais Royal, by royal patent, into the See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home of See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera, brought matters to a crisis with the comediens du roi . Well advised by La See also:

• GRANGE (through the A.-Fr. graunge, from the Med. Lat. granea, a place for storing grain, granum)

Grange (See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles Varlet, 1639-1692), Armande leased the Theatre Guenegaud, and by royal See also:

• ORDINANCE
• ORDINANCE, or ORDONNANCE

ordinance the See also:

• RESIDUE (through the French, from the Lat. residuum, a remainder, from residere, to remain)

residue of her company were combined with the players from the Theatre du Marais, the fortunes of which were at low ebb . The See also:

• COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

combination, known as the troupe du roi, at first was unfortunate, but in 1679 they secured Mlle du See also:

• CHAMPMESLE, MARIE (1642-1698)

Champmesle, later absorbed the company of the Had. de Bourgogne, and in 168o the Comedie Francaise was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born . Mme Moliere in 1677 had married Eustache See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

Francois Guerin (1636-1728), an actor, and by him she had one son (1678-1708) .

She continued her successes at the theatre until she retired in 1694, and she died on the 3oth of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1700 .