Word: purgon
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Hills deserves credit for his impersonation of the irascible old M. Purgon. He seemed to lose himself completely in his part and brought down the house with his tirade upon Argan...
...Purgon, G. Hills...
...minor characters were nearly all well taken. W. H. Cram '97, as Toinette, was a maid with much assurance. F. H. Kinnicutt '97, as Thomas Diafoirus, entered into the spirit of his difficult part and performed it admirably. G. E. Hills '97 was most vigorous as Monsieur Purgon. Little Miss Caze acted the part of Louison with charming naivete. The whole cast showed a thorough knowledge and appreciation of their parts, due to the careful training they have received. The performances which are to take place this week will undoubtedly prove in every way successful...
...Purgon, G. Hills...
...character of the piece is Argan, a middle-aged man, whose ruling passion is his selfish fear of death. Though in robust health, in "insultingly robust health," as one critic has said, Argan has always some imaginary ill, for which he consults quack physicians. The chief of these, M. Purgon, holds his cowardly patient in perfect subjection, threatening him with the most horrible maladies if he neglects to take the various doses prescribed...