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| A Short Tour of Béziers & the Region( page 21 of 22 ) | ||||
| Nearby is the small town of Pézenas, Val d'Hérault, ancient home of the Etats Gènèraux du Languedoc and where Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, Parisien
playwright and actor came to success, before returning in triumph to Paris, he was better known by his stage name Molière. Molière > Robert Clive, Clive of India holidayed here with his family on the way home to Market Drayton in England, a fact that surely must have led to the twinning of the two towns. Whilst here his cooks shared the recipe for a great favourite of his, a small mince pie, they are still made here today as the renowned Petits Pâtes de Pézenas. |
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Born Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, (1622 - 1673), and rated by many critics as the greatest comic dramatist of all times and considered worthy to stand with Sophocles and
Shakespeare. It was here in Pézenas that he took the name Molière after he was elected leader of his troop of actors following the original manager's abscondence
with the troop's funds. Marcel Pagnol ¹ said : “Jean-Baptiste Poquelin est né à Paris. Molière est né à Pézenas.” | ||
| 1 : Marcel Pagnol (1895 - 1974) novelist, playwright and filmmaker | ||||
 Consular house - Place Gambetta |
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 Statue of Molière by Jean Injalbert | ||
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