# Molière — The Vicomte de Bragelonne character guide

> Molière in The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Monsieur Molière, Jean Poquelin de Molière

**First appearance:** 0217-212-where-probably-moli-re-obtained-his-first-idea-of-the-bourgeois-gentilhomme

## Who they are

A playwright and actor, friend of Fouquet and observer of court life.

## In the story

### [Who Messire Jean Percerin Was](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicomte_de_bragelonne_se/chapters/210-who-messire-jean-percerin-was)

Found seated behind the counter observing the customers; d'Artagnan asks him to announce them to Percerin.

### [The Patterns](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicomte_de_bragelonne_se/chapters/211-the-patterns)

Appears briefly, signaling to d'Artagnan and observing the interactions in Percerin's room.

### [Where, Probably, Molière Obtained His First Idea of the Bourgeois Gentilhomme](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicomte_de_bragelonne_se/chapters/212-where-probably-moli-re-obtained-his-first-idea-of-the-bourgeois-gentilhomme)

Disguised as a tailor's clerk, takes Porthos's measurements using a mirror and assistants; invited by Aramis to Saint-Mandé.

### [The Beehive, the Bees, and the Honey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicomte_de_bragelonne_se/chapters/213-the-beehive-the-bees-and-the-honey)

Delighted with his sketch; engages La Fontaine in banter about rhyme and dueling; leaves with Aramis.

### [The Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicomte_de_bragelonne_se/chapters/218-the-ch-teau-de-vaux-le-vicomte)

Leads Fouquet over the theater that has been prepared for the fête.

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