One of the best of Molière’s plays—and one of the greatest of all comedies—spotlighting the absurdities of social and literary pretension, focusing on a man who is quick to criticize the faults of others, yet remains blind to his own. First performed in 1666, when the King of France himself had assumed patronage of Molière’s company, and the actor/playwright was at the height of his career. Publisher’s Note.