# Molière marries Armande Béjart and remains head of a sharing troupe whose labour he commands

Date: 1662

## The fact

In February 1662 [Molière](/people/moliere) married Armande Béjart while remaining the public head of the Palais-Royal company.

It is one event.

## Context

A share troupe is not slavery. Medium confidence. Split plays as literature.

Molière’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below. Sharing a field with them is not a reason to drop a documented act, and it is not a reason to assign later consequences done in the name after death.

The troupe was a share company; he was orateur and leading author-actor. Marriage into the Béjart line bound household and payroll. Shared labour, not a 1662 statute.
Named person as heading of the dated public instrument. Later editors, museums, printers, or offices share publication. Complex where later carriers date the row.

## Evidence and sources

Comédie-Française ancestral history and Britannica independently date the 1662 marriage and his headship of the company.

Official or archival record: Comédie-Française — Histoire (https://www.comedie-francaise.fr/histoire-de-la-comedie-francaise; Comédie-Française).

## Significance

Author-actor headship is a labour-command path inside a famous workplace.

Armande is not Tartuffe.

Author-actor headship is a labour-command path inside a famous workplace.

## What is established and what is not

Established: 1662 marriage and continued headship. Not established: a unique wage series for the Palais-Royal.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

Established here: a sourced, dated public instrument with a named contribution by Molière.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date, signatory, or non-occurrence; a demonstrated forgery; or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of other causes.

They are not a public rating.

## People

- Molière: https://factrail.ai/people/moliere

## Drivers

- Labour-Market Tightness: https://factrail.ai/drivers/labour-market-tightness

## Sources

- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Moliere-French-dramatist
- https://www.comedie-francaise.fr/histoire-de-la-comedie-francaise

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/mol-company-labour