The final tragic curtain call of the master of comedy, Molière

On February 17, 1673, the French dramatist Molière (1622-1673)'s new work "No Illness to Find Illness", was staged at the Grand Theater Royal in Paris, and Molière, as the author, played the protagonist of the play. Parisians rushed to buy tickets, all wanted to see it first, and the grandeur was unprecedented for a while.

The master of comedy had a comfortable and luxurious path to follow, his father was a royal interior designer, he nominally inherited his father's hereditary rights at the age of sixteen, and his father later bought him a master of laws title and a position as a lawyer to ensure that he could live a carefree life. Molière, however, renounced his hereditary rights and aspired to do the drama he loved most.

Molière acted in comedy all his life and brought people countless pleasures. "No Illness to Find a Disease" is a tragedy when he comes to the end of his life. At that time, his lung disease was very serious, so weak that he could hardly walk, but he still took the stage with the disease.

Before the performance, he said to his wife: "In my life, when happiness and pain are equal, I always feel happy; but today my pain is so deep, but I can't hope for a satisfying and sweet life, I know that I should give up my own life." 」 His wife and the other actors were particularly sad to see him sick and so sad to speak, and they advised him not to participate in the performance that day. Molière pondered for a moment, thinking of the expenses of the whole troupe and the audience in the theater who were eagerly awaiting his performance, and he resolutely said: "As long as I have a breath, I will participate in the performance." ”

After the performance, Molière endured great physical pain to perform, bringing the character to life, and the audience continued to applaud his superb performance. Even his painful furrowing and coughing were applauded by the audience for a realistic performance. In the fourth scene, he finally couldn't hold on, Molière suddenly coughed blood and fell, and after only four hours, he stopped breathing and left this world forever.

In his lifetime, Molière wrote thirty-seven comedies, most of which were satirical comedies, such as "Hypocrites", "Miserly Ghosts", "Noble Fans", etc., all of which ridiculed the big people in the form of satirizing small people, and violently attacked the aristocrats and church reactionary forces of the time in a comedic way, and thus became a thorn in the eyes and flesh of these nobles and churches. After Molière's death, the Church clapped its hands and applauded, and because of their obstruction, Molière's funeral was very deserted.

A generation of comedians used their own tragedies to complete the final comedy.