19th century theater, Baroque theater, Commedia dell'arte, Epic theater, Expressionist theater, Inter-war theater, Medieval theater, Musical comedy, Musical theater, Naturalist theater, Neo-romantic, Neoclassical theater, New american musical, New musical hybrids, Off-broadway, Political theater, Realist theater, Renaissance theater, Sturm und drang (storm and stress), Symbolist theater, Theater production, Theory & criticism

'Moli're was not just a playwright,' wrote scholar Ethan Mordden. 'Moli're was a thespian, wholly of the theater, and his compositions breach the gulf between literature and performance, between language as its own art and language as a tool of art.' Like Shakespeare, who was an actor first, Moli're

Clever, Dystopic, Excessive, Funny, In-your-face, Ironic, Renaissance theater