The Imaginary Invalid (Short Version) (Mooney)
Timothy Mooney
The Hypochondriac
by Molière, Martin Sorrell
Synopsis
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.
Publication
The Hypochondriac is a play written by Molière and published by Nick Hern Books (1995).
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