 On February 17, 1673, during a production of his final play, Le Malade Imaginaire ("The Imaginary Invalid"), Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, better known as Molière, suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis, was seized by a coughing fit and a hemorrhage while playing the hypochondriac … Continue reading →
SOURCE: sceneonstage.com at 11:28AM on April 1, 2014