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Bergson’s “Laughter.” Compared with Moliere’s - Tartuffe. Bergson’s “Laughter.” Compared with Moliere’s - Tartuffe. Matthew Silver Theories of Comedy and Tragedy 05-464-01 Fall Semester Professor Pritt December 16, 1999 After reading Moliere’s Tartuffe and Bergson’s “Laughter” (a general approach to the criticism of comedy), I believe that the general observations of the nature of comedy in “Laughter” apply to Tartuffe. Bergson’s ideas realize to a certain extent why laughter is illuminated from a comedy. These ideas are attached to many of the techniques used in Moliere’s Tartuffe. The real name of Moliere was Jean Baptiste Poquelin. Poqulin got involved with an acting troupe called Illustre Theatre which he owned as a collaboration with the Bejart family. The ownship of the theatre house influenced the creation of his pen name “Moliere” which stands for “undying glory”. Moliere wrote about thirty-two plays and held other positions like actor, stage director and a dramatic theoretician. In 1658 his acting troupe became the official provider of entertainment for Louis XIV (Moore 15). The strongest influence on Moliere’s theater came from the Italian Commedia Dell�