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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 October 2010
Although the modern reputation of Molière is based upon a group of major comedies, these were not the sole source of his popularity during his lifetime. He and his troupe performed many minor plays which are no longer prominent in the Molière repertory. Among these plays is a group which feature a comedian named Sganarelle, a role always performed by Molière himself.
1 “Inventaire fait après le décès de Molière,” dated 13–20 March 1673. Reprinted in Eudore Soulié, Recherches sur Molière et sur sa famille (Paris: Hachette, 1863), pp. 275–78Google Scholar, and in Jurgens, Madeleine and Maxfield-Miller, Elizabeth, Cent ans de recherches sur Molière, sur sa famille, et sur les comédiens de sa troupe (Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1963), pp. 566–70.Google Scholar
2 Herzel, Roger W., “The Decor of Molière's Stage: The Testimony of Brissart and Chauveau,” PMLA, 93 (1978), 928CrossRefGoogle Scholar. Figures 4, 5, 8,9, and 10 are reprinted from this article.
3 This is the only doctor disguise mentioned in the inventory, although Sganarelle masqueraded as a doctor in Le Médecin volant and Dom Juan prior to this appearance.
4 This article is an adaptation of a paper read at the annual conference of the American Society for Theatre Research, Lincoln Center, New York, 16–17 November 1979.
