The Imaginary Invalid (Malleson trans.)

The Imaginary Invalid (Malleson trans.)

Miles Malleson, Jean Baptiste Molière

The Imaginary Invalid (Malleson trans.)

The Imaginary Invalid (Malleson trans.)

Miles Malleson, Jean Baptiste Molière

Overview

The famous hypochondriac in this classic farce not only complains of a million imaginary ills, but also of his astronomical medical bills. If he marries his daughter to a doctor, he reasons, he will have free medical care. He chooses a double-Latin talking numbskull without consulting the daughter who is already smitten by another. The inventive maid exposes the doctyor and his father as charlatans and demonstrates to the master that his second wife loves his money, not him. Thus are truth and love triumphant and all troubles, real and imaginary, relieved by laughter.

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Miles Malleson

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Jean Baptiste Molière

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