French writer of Antigone adapted following Moliere's lead (9)
I believe the answer is:
montaigne
'french writer' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'antigone adapted following moliere's lead' is the wordplay.
'adapted' indicates an anagram.
'following' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'lead' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'moliere' is 'm'.
'antigone' anagrammed gives 'ontaigne'.
'ontaigne' put after 'm' is 'MONTAIGNE'.
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for montaigne that I've seen is " He produced essays".)