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In order to build a bibliography concerning Italian studies of the French comedy of the seventeenth century, we have divided French comic theater into three periods: comedy before Molière, the comedy of Molière, and the comedy of the contemporaries and the successors of Molière. With regard to the comedy genre as it existed prior to Molière, the research of Italian experts in French Literature focuses on the circulation of Spanish and Italian subjects with the works of Daniela Dalla Valle, Valeria Pompejano, Monica Pavesio, and Alessandra Preda.We can say that modern Italian criticism of Molière’s works begins with Giovanni Macchia’s enquiries regarding the characters of Don Juan and Tartuffe. As far as the following generation of Molière specialists is concerned, Francesco Orlando’s interpretation of the Misanthrope has been the most important contribution. More recently, we should highlight Delia Gambelli’s research on the relationship between Molière and the Commedia dell’arte and Francesco Fiorentino’s work on the conception of the ridiculous and the comic in his plays.With regard to the comedy of Molière’s contemporaries, as well as his successors, the influence of the Commedia dell’arte continues to be crucial, as can be seen, for example, in Mariangela Mazzocchi Doglio’s edition and the research carried out by Claudio Vinti and Barbara Sommovigo.