Word: argan
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Dates: during 1895-1895
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...play chosen for this year is the last play written by Moliere, "Le Malade Imaginaire," which was performed at the Theatre du Palais Royal, February 10, 1673 by the Troupe du Roi, the official title of Moliere's company. The great dramatist himself played the part of Argan, the malade imaginaire, both in the comedy and in the burlesque Faculty Convocation at the end of the play...
...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...
...young doctor and his father visit Argan, and in their very presence, Cleante, masquerading as a music teacher, sings a love scene with Angelique...
...attempt to dissuade Argan from his dependency on the doctors, Toinette appears disguised as a foreign physician, and in this scene the quacks are effectually ridiculed. The attempt is defeated by the efforts of Celine, but the stepmother is at length shown in her true colors, when her husband feign death, and she shows her delight...
...play ends happily with the union of the lovers. Argan finally puts on a doctor's gown and doses himself, which he likes even better than his old plan of having a son-in-law for doctor...