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History has handcd down to us the names of the actors and adresses who performed in Molière's comedy whcn it was first brought eut. The part of Armande was playcd by Mademoiselle de Brie (Catherine Le Clerc du Rozet ?) 1706. The real name of that lady's husband was Etienne Villequin, but, according to universal custom amongst stage-players, he assumed the sobriquet of De Brie from the désignation of the province where he was bom. Henriette, by Mademoiselle Molière (Armande Grésinde Béjart) wife of the poet himself. See M. Jal's Dictionnaire Critique de Biographie et d'Histoire, in loco.