| Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (The Bourgeois Gentleman) is a comédie-ballet in five acts by Molière, first presented October 14, 1670 before the court of Louis XIV at the château of Chambord by Molière's troup of actors. The music was composed by Jean-Baptiste Lully, the choreography was by Pierre Beauchamp, the sets were by Carlo Vigarani and the costumes were done by the chevalier d’Arvieux. Le Bourgeois gentilhomme satirizes attempts at social climbing, poking fun both at the vulgar, pretentious middle-class and the vain, snobbish aristocracy. The title is meant as an oxymoron: in Molière's France, a "gentleman" was by definition nobly born, and thus there could be no such thing as a bourgeois gentleman. |
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