The Hypochondriac
Play Description
First produced in 1673 and Molière's final play, THE HYPOCHONDRIAC is a scathingly funny lampoon on both hypochondria and the “quack” medical profession. Argan is a perfectly healthy, wealthy gentleman, convinced that he is seriously ill. So obsessed is he with medicinal tinkerings and tonics that he is blind to the goings on in his own household. However, his most efficacious cure will not appear in a bottle or a bedpan but in his sharp-tongued servant, who has a cunning plan to reveal the truth and open her master's eyes.
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Author(s)
MolièreJean-Baptiste Poquelin (1622 – 1673), known as Molière, was a French dramatist, director, and actor, and one of the world's greatest masters of comic satire. Of his nearly 40 plays, his most famous are TARTUFFE, THE MISER, THE LEARNED LADIES, THE MISANTHROPE, and THE IMAGINARY INVALID.
Martin SorrellMartin Sorrell is Professor of French Poetry and Literary Translation at the University of Exeter. He has published many books and articles in his field and is a prize-winning translator of French poetry. He has published a number of translations of Molière plays for Nick Hern Books.
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