The Would-be Gentleman

Strepsiades, the character who learns from Socrates in Aristophanes’ The Clouds, is a precursor of MONSIEUR JOURDAIN, the main character in Moliere's comedy "The Would-be Gentleman." The play is a ballet as it includes music and dance. Louis XIV irked by the criticism of a Turkish ambassador, asked Moliere and the ingenious Italian composer Lulli, to collaborate on some sort of Turkish operetta buffa.
Today, most readers recognize MONSIEUR JOURDAIN, as the middle-aged, low-educated, innocent...