Jean Baptiste Poquelin's pen name

• "Le Misanthrope" author
• He wrote "The Miser"
• 17th century French playwright
• Playwright translated by 8 Across
• "Tartuffe" dramatist
• French playmaker again protects position of ball
• Pen name of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
• Farce master of fiction

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The Molière was an international train operated by SNCF , initially linking Paris and Düsseldorf . The train was named after Jean Baptiste Poquelin using his stage name.