Hypochondriac, The
- Full Length Play, Comedy
- 8M, 4F
- ISBN: 9781854591975
Molière's classic farce, Le Malade Imaginaire, in a fresh and performable translation.
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Description
- Full Length Play
- Comedy
- Target Audience: Adult
- Set Requirements: Interior Set
- Performance Group:
- Community Theatre
Molière's classic farce, Le Malade Imaginaire, in a fresh and performable translation.
The 'imaginary invalid' Argan is so obsessed with his health that he fails to notice what is happening around him in his own family. His scheming wife and loving daughter are finally revealed to him in their true light by Argan's brother, who poses as a quack doctor and suggests he feigns death to test their loyalty.
This English version of Molière's The Hypochondriac, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series, is translated and introduced by Martin Sorrell.
The 'imaginary invalid' Argan is so obsessed with his health that he fails to notice what is happening around him in his own family. His scheming wife and loving daughter are finally revealed to him in their true light by Argan's brother, who poses as a quack doctor and suggests he feigns death to test their loyalty.
This English version of Molière's The Hypochondriac, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series, is translated and introduced by Martin Sorrell.
Premiere Production:
c. 1673.
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- Casting: 8M, 4F
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