The Imaginary Invalid

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Book

Authors

Molière

ISBN 10

0573619271

ISBN 13

9780573619274

Tags

French, European

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Farce / Characters: 8 males, 4 femalesScenery: InteriorThe famous hypochondriac in this classic farce not only complains of a million imaginary ills, but also of his astronomical medical bills. If he marries his daughter to a doctor, he reasons, he will have free medical care. He chooses a double-Latin talking numbskull without consulting the daughter who is already smitten by another. The inventive maid exposes the doctyor and his father as charlatans and demonstrates to the master that his second wife loves his money, not him. Thus are truth and love triumphant and all troubles, real and imaginary, relieved by laughter. - from Amzon

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