Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Molière's famous comedy returns to the Comédie-Française

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A classic returns to the Comédie-Française! Molière's Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, directed by Valérie Lesort and Christian Hecq, returns to the Salle Richelieu from May 7 to July 20, 2025.

Do you love Molière 's plays? One of the French playwright's best-known plays returns to the Comédie-Française stage: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme . From May 7 to July 20, 2025, renowned actors such as Guillaume Gallienne and Christian Hecq return to the stage of the Salle Richelieu, much to our delight.

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Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, already performed many times at Comédie-Française, is a comedy-ballet by Molière created in 1670, with music by Lully. The play features Monsieur Jourdain, a wealthy bourgeois whose obsession is to rise to the rank of the nobility. Naïve and vain, he surrounds himself with masters of arms, dance and philosophy to acquire aristocratic manners, but becomes the target of mockery and manipulation.

Through this ridiculous character, Molière humorously criticizes the shortcomings of social climbing and delusions of grandeur. The play, a satirical masterpiece combining lively dialogue, absurd situations and musical interludes, is directed by Valérie Lesort and Christian Hecq and premiered on June 18, 2021 at the Comédie-Française. Critically acclaimed for several years, the famous play is back in 2025! Tickets go on sale on Thursday January 23 from 11am for Cartes 2024-2025 tickets, and on Tuesday January 28 from 11am for all individual and group tickets.

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Dates and Opening Time
From May 7, 2025 to July 20, 2025

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