The Hypochondriac (Modern Plays) - Softcover

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 1408123851 ISBN 13: 9781408123850

Verlag: Methuen Drama, 2009

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Book by Molire McGough Roger

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'Roger McGough's light-on-its-pieds adaptation... Though it begins with a fart, this is a not up-its-own-derriere version, in which, when a character comes out with a Gallic sentence, she's told that she should 'speak properly'. Its point may be satirical but it projects generosity.' Susannah Clapp, Observer, 28.6.09 'Roger McGough was a comedian before he became a whimsical poet, and these skills combine happily to serve his second Moliere adaptation.' Robert Hewison, Sunday Times, 28.6.09 'It's a tonic, guaranteed to lift your spirits and keep them high, buoyed up by the wit and dexterity of McGough's verse... A ticklish tour de farce.' Georgina Brown, Mail on Sunday, 29.6.09 'McGough takes a variety of attitudes towards Moliere, though reverence is not among them.' Alfred Hickling, Guardian, 1.7.09 'Roger McGough has added his own medicinal properties to Moliere's The Hypochondraic, upping the laughter quotient in an elixir that's easy to swallow though you might want to hold your nose.' Lynne Walker, Independent, 8.7.09

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First produced in 1673 and Moliere's final play, The Hypochondriac is a scathingly funny lampoon on both hypochondria and the 'quack' medical profession. Argan is a perfectly healthy, wealthy gentleman, convinced that he is seriously ill. So obsessed is he with medicinal tinkerings and tonics that he is blind to the goings on in his own household. However, his most efficacious cure will not appear in a bottle or a bedpan, but in his sharp-tongued servant, who has a cunning plan to reveal the truth and open her master's eyes. Adapted by Roger McGough The Hypochondriac was produced by the Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse and English Touring Theatre and premiered on 19 June 2009.

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• Verlag: Methuen Drama
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1408123851
• ISBN 13: 9781408123850
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 112