Word: argan
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...acting throughout the play was of a high order and far above the standard usually set by an amateur cast. In particular the way in which Schurz played the role of Argan was noteworthy. In many places his acting was worthy of a high place upon the professional stage, and his reading of the French lines was almost perfect in accent...
...greatest praise is due H. Schurz '97, who took the part of Argan. the principal character of the play. His rendering of Moliere's idiomatic French, his acting, and his make-up were all excellent and showed a great deal of conscientious and faithful work. Of the other characters, E. G. Knoblauch '96, as Angelique, G. C. Ward '98, as Beline, and F. H. Kinnicutt '97, as Diafoirus fils, did particularly well. Knoblauch made a very pretty and sprightly Angelique. His acting was easy and natural, and his duet with Stone in the second act, written by J. A. Carpenter...
...Argan, H. Schurz...
...characters which were best taken were Argan, H. Schurz '97, and Angelique, E. G. Knoblauch '96. Schurz deserves a great deal of credit. He had by far the longest part and, barring the occasional loss of his lines, his acting was most finished. As Angelique, Knoblauch was excellent throughout. His make-up was very effective and he looked his part...
...finale, the ceremony of the conferring of the doctor's degree is being arranged so as to be one of the most impressive parts of the programme. The latter, unique in character, will be both imposing and ridiculous. At the end of the play the idea is suggested to Argan, the malade imaginaire, that it would be convenient and, above all, a cheap plan to be made a doctor himself. This idea strikes him as a clever one and he desires to be initiated immediately. Thereupon the ceremony takes place, which is full of mock pompousness from beginning...