Augsburg Theater presents:
The Imaginary Invalid
By Molière
Directed by Dario Tangelson Tjornhom-Nelson Theater in Foss Center, Augsburg College
October 30, 31, November 5, 6, 7 at 7 pm.
October 1 and 8 at 3 pm.
In this farcical comedy, a rich hypochondriac named Argan is torn between his love of money and concern for his health. Convinced by his doctors that he is gravely ill, Argan racks up exorbitant medical bills and decides to marry off his only daughter to a doctor’s son in order to solve both his problems at once. His clever maid Toinette, his daughter’s love for another suitor and his second wife’s attempts to become the only beneficiary to his fortune cause all his well-laid plans to fall to pieces and almost give him a heart attack. Or so he thinks. Ironically, Molière’s thirtieth and final piece, in which the ill-fated protagonist is financially and literally bled dry by his charlatan doctors, remains inextricably attached to the author’s fate: Molière died shortly after the fourth performance, in which he played the title role of Argan, on February 17, 1673. This historical irony has granted this simple comedy strange reverberations of a much deeper significance.
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