sentences:  Valère, the principal character, is said to be largely based on the young Paulson.The Molière-inspired comedy, written in rhyming iambic pentameter, is set in 17th-century France and Valère’s 30-minute manic monologue, a theatrical tour-de-force, has become a staple of the modern American repertory.The play was reprised in 2010 on Broadway and in the West End, with Mark Rylance as Valère.