1926. Adapted by F. Anstey. Moliere, whose real name was Jean Baptiste Poquelin, composed 12 of the most durable and penetratingly satirical full-length comedies of all time, some in rhyming verse, some in prose, as well as six shorter farces and comedies. He was also the leading French comic actor, stage director, and dramatic theoretician of the 17th century. The Would-Be Gentleman is a delightful expose of the world of the rich bourgeois aspiring to take a place in upper class society. The plot never fails to entertain. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.