ON the ist of December, 1666, the troupe of Moliere set out for SaintGermain-en-Laye, where it was employed, as well as the troupe of the hotel de Bourgogne, and the Italian and Spanish comedians, in the Ballet des Muses, which inaugurated the renewal of the court-festivals, interrupted for nearly a year through the death of the Queen-mother. The celebrated musician, Lulli, composed the music f…
I THINK it will be generally admitted that Moliere is the greatest comic poet France has produced, and that he is equal, if not superior, to any writer of charactercomedies on the ancient or modern stage. His plays may be divided into six classes or groups : First, the small dramatic poems or pastorals, such as Psyche, Ics Amants magnifiques, la Princesse d 'Elide, Ics FacJieux, Melicerte, la P…