There is record of the French playwright Molière having attended many performances of the Comédie-Italienne, or commedia dell'arte. He is even referenced in a performance by Angelo Costantini of his show Une Vie de Scaramouche, which refers to the writer and poet. This might suggest that the servant character in many of Molière's plays, such as Dorine in his play Tartuffe, might be based on this particular character archetype from the commedia dell'arte.
There is record of the French playwright Molière having attended many performances of the Comédie-Italienne, or commedia dell'arte He is even referenced in a performance by Angelo Costantini of his show Une Vie de Scaramouche, which refers to the writer and poe.t This might suggest that the servant character in many of Molière's plays, such as Dor.ine in his play Tartuffe, might be based .on this particular character archetype from the commedia dell'arte