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Argan is a man so obsessed by his own imaginary ailments that he can no longer control his household or the medics he employs. With doctors determined to gain from the profits of his condition, Argan’s closest relatives battle to show him the truth of his situation. They strive to cure the real disease, managing to pile confusion upon hilarious confusion.
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Molière is one of the greatest writers of comedy of all time. Works include Les Fourberies de Scapin, Tartuffe, The Misanthrope, The Miser, and The Hypochondriac.
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"""riotously entertaining...has you laughing like a drain"" - Telegraph ""The show's virtue, however, is its fidelity to Moliere in combining broad-bottomed farce with an assault on the morbid egotism of those for whom illness becomes a way of life... hilarious"" - Guardian"
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- PublisherOberon Books
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1840026170
- ISBN 13 9781840026177
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages88
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