# The 17 February 1673 performance keeps a public stage open on the night he collapses

Date: 1673

## The fact

On 17 February 1673 [Molière](/people/moliere) played Le Malade imaginaire and collapsed after the performance. This Fact stores that he still gave the public a night of theatre, an access path, not a medical theory.

It is one event.

## Context

Death and burial controversy are other rows. Do not make the collapse a joke he authored as welfare.

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.

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

Britannica and Comédie-Française independently date the last performance and death.

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

## Significance

Playing while ill kept a public night in the calendar — a limited access path, not a health gain.

The night is not the church’s burial minute.

Playing while ill kept a public night in the calendar — a limited access path, not a health gain.

## What is established and what is not

Established: 17 February 1673 performance and subsequent death. Not established: that the night uniquely taught a city.

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.

Contribution type is direct. They are not a public rating.

## People

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

## Drivers

- Digital Learning Access: https://factrail.ai/drivers/edu-digital-learning-access

## 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-malade-last-night-1673