The Hypochondriac

Informationen zum Autor Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (1622–1673), known by his stage name Molière , was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature. Among Molière's best known works are The Misanthrope , The School for Wives , Tartuffe , The Miser , The Imaginary Invalid and The Bourgeois Gentleman . Klappentext First produced in 1673 and Moliere'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. Adapted by Roger McGough for the stage in 2009. Zusammenfassung Molière's classic farce in a fresh and performable translation. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Product details

• Authors: Moliere, Jean-Baptiste Moliere
• Assisted by: Martin Sorrell (Translation), Sir Martin Sorrell (Translation)
• Publisher: Hern, Nick Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.04.1994
• EAN: 9781854591975
• ISBN: 978-1-85459-197-5
• Dimensions: 108 mm x 160 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Drama Classics; Drama Classics
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama