Anne of Brittany, symbol of the fight for Breton independence

In the 17th century, King Louis XIV, as a seasoned dancer, often performed on stage. But on the stages, which he loved to tread, he also placed numerous artists, musicians, actors whose works would contribute to his influence. Thus, in Versailles, the showcase of its absolutism, we often encountered the greatest playwright of the Grand Siècle, I named Molière.

To discuss the place of the theater at the court of Louis XIV, Virginie Girod receives the historian Martial Poirson. Professor of cultural history at the University of Paris 8-Vincennes-Saint Denis, he is a specialist in the history of theater and has devoted numerous works to Molière, the protégé of the Sun King.