A recurring character named Sganarelle appears in this author's version of Don Juan.  In the deux ex machina concluding one of his plays, Anselme explains that he really is Don Thomas d'Alburci, and survived a shipwreck with his daughter Marianne. A character created by this author hides under a table to see if a "holy man"
A recurring character named Sganarelle appears in this author's version of Don Juan.  In the deux ex machina concluding one of his plays, Anselme explains that he really is Don Thomas d'Alburci, and survived a shipwreck with his daughter Marianne. A character created by this author hides under a table to see if a "holy man" will start flirting with his wife. This author died while playing Argan, a hypochondriac, in a performance of his play The Imaginary Invalid. This man's patron, Louis XIV, makes a guest appearance in this author's work titled for a religious hypocrite. For 10 points, name this author of The Miser and Tartuffe, a comic French playwright.
A recurring character named Sganarelle appears in this author's version of Don Juan.  
Moliere [or Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]