The improvisation of Versailles (The Impromptu de Versailles) is a theatrical work of Molière. It was suggested to Molière by Louis XIV himself, who enjoyed the antagonism between the comedians of Hôtel Bourgogne and his company. From this suggestion came this comedy (if comedy can be called, and to which the critic Faguet called, perhaps rightly, "a crisis of nerves of Molière").
The great author in this quick representation punished in a few words the implacable Edmé Boursault (the critic who, twenty years later, wrote the funny comedy of Mercury Galante, in which he created the unmatched characters of soldier La Bissole and Sanguissuga attorney).
But although there is a lack of interweaving and what is missing to make it a true comedy, this work has a certain originality from the point of view of art and represents a deserving attention study that shows us how much Molière cared about the scenic play, and how he meant the diction, the gesture, the attitudes, and the combination of the theater ensemble. The improvisation of Versailles was represented in front of the king on October 14, 1663, and in Paris for the public in November of the same year.
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