The Imaginary Invalid
By Molière
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Molière was a French playwright, actor, and poet. Widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and universal literature, his extant works include comedies, farces, tragicomedies, comédie-ballets, and more.
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Molière
The Imaginary Invalid
Published by Good Press, 2022
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(LE MALADE IMAGINAIRE.)
MOLIÈRE
CHARLES HERON WALL
PERSONS REPRESENTED.
THE IMAGINARY INVALID.
ACT I.
SCENE I.——ARGAN (sitting at a table, adding up his apothecary's bill with counters) .
SCENE II.——ARGAN, TOINETTE.
SCENE III.——ARGAN, ANGÉLIQUE, TOINETTE.
SCENE IV.——ANGÉLIQUE, TOINETTE.
SCENE V.——ARGAN, ANGÉLIQUE, TOINETTE.
SCENE VI.——BÉLINE, ARGAN.
SCENE VII.——ARGAN, BÉLINE, TOINETTE.
SCENE VIII.——ARGAN, BÉLINE.
SCENE IX.——MR. DE BONNEFOI, BÉLINE, ARGAN.
SCENE X.——ANGÉLIQUE, TOINETTE.
SCENE XI.——BÉLINE (in the house) , ANGÉLIQUE, TOINETTE.
FIRST INTERLUDE.
ACT II.
SCENE I.——CLÉANTE, TOINETTE.
SCENE II.——ARGAN, TOINETTE.
SCENE III.——ARGAN, CLÉANTE, TOINETTE.
SCENE IV.——ARGAN, ANGÉLIQUE, CLÉANTE.
SCENE V.——ARGAN, ANGÉLIQUE, CLÉANTE, TOINETTE.
SCENE VI.——MR. DIAFOIRUS, THOMAS DIAFOIRUS, ARGAN, ANGÉLIQUE, CLÉANTE, TOINETTE, SERVANTS.
SCENE VII.——BÉLINE, ARGAN, ANGÉLIQUE, MR. DIAFOIRUS, T. DIAFOIRUS, TOINETTE.
SCENE VIII.——ARGAN, BÉLINE, MR. DIAFOIRUS, T. DIAFOIRUS, TOINETTE.
SCENE IX.——ARGAN, MR. DIAFOIRUS, T. DIAFOIRUS, TOINETTE.
SCENE X.——BÉLINE, ARGAN.
SCENE XI.——ARGAN, LOUISON.
SCENE XII.——BÉRALDE, ARGAN.
SECOND INTERLUDE.
ACT III.
SCENE I.——BÉRALDE, ARGAN, TOINETTE.
SCENE II.——BÉRALDE, TOINETTE.
SCENE III.——ARGAN, BÉRALDE.
SCENE IV.——MR. FLEURANT, ARGAN, BÉRALDE.
SCENE V.——ARGAN, BÉRALDE.
SCENE VI.——MR. PURGON, ARGAN, BÉRALDE, TOINETTE.
SCENE VII.——ARGAN, BÉRALDE.
SCENE VIII.——ARGAN, TOINETTE, BÉRALDE.
SCENE IX.——ARGAN, BÉRALDE.
SCENE X.——ARGAN, BÉRALDE, TOINETTE (dressed as a doctor) .
SCENE XI.——ARGAN, BÉRALDE.
SCENE XII.——ARGAN, BÉRALDE, TOINETTE.
SCENE XIII.——ARGAN, BÉRALDE.
SCENE XIV.——ARGAN, BÉRALDE, TOINETTE (as a doctor) .
SCENE XV.——ARGAN, BÉRALDE.
SCENE XVI.——ARGAN, BÉRALDE, TOINETTE.
SCENE XVII.——ARGAN, TOINETTE.
SCENE XVIII.——BÉLINE, ARGAN (stretched out in his chair) , TOINETTE.
SCENE XIX.——BÉRALDE (coming out of the place where he was hiding) , ARGAN, TOINETTE.
SCENE XX.——ARGAN, ANGÉLIQUE, TOINETTE.
SCENE XXI.——ARGAN, ANGÉLIQUE, CLÉANTE, TOINETTE.
SCENE XXII.——ARGAN, BÉRALDE, ANGÉLIQUE, CLÉANTE, TOINETTE.
SCENE XXIII.——BÉRALDE, ANGÉLIQUE, CLÉANTE.
THIRD INTERLUDE.
(LE MALADE IMAGINAIRE.)
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MOLIÈRE
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TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH PROSE.
WITH SHORT INTRODUCTIONS AND EXPLANATORY NOTES
BY
CHARLES HERON WALL
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This is the last comedy written by Molière. He was very ill, nearly dying, at the time he wrote it. It was first acted at the Palais Royal Theatre, on February 10, 1673.
Molière acted the part of Argan.
PERSONS REPRESENTED.
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Argan, an imaginary invalid.
Béline, second wife to Argan.
Angélique, daughter to Argan, in love with Cléante.
Louison, Argan's young daughter, sister to Angélique.
Béralde, brother to Argan.
Cléante, lover to Angélique.
Mr. Diafoirus, a physician.
Thomas Diafoirus, his son, in love with Angélique.
Mr. Purgon, physician to Argan.
Mr. Fleurant, an apothecary.
Mr. de Bonnefoi, a notary.
Toinette, maid-servant to Argan.
THE IMAGINARY INVALID.
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ACT I.
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SCENE I.——ARGAN (sitting at a table, adding up his apothecary's bill with counters).
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Arg. Three and two make five, and five make ten, and ten make twenty. Item, on the 24th, a small, insinuative clyster, preparative and gentle, to soften, moisten, and refresh the bowels of Mr. Argan.
What I like about Mr. Fleurant, my apothecary, is that his bills are always civil. The bowels of Mr. Argan.
All the same, Mr. Fleurant, it is not enough to be civil, you must also be reasonable, and not plunder sick people. Thirty sous for a clyster! I have already told you, with all due respect to you, that elsewhere you have only charged me twenty sous; and twenty sous, in the language of apothecaries, means only ten sous. Here they are, these ten sous. Item, on the said day, a good detergent clyster, compounded of double catholicon rhubarb, honey of roses, and other ingredients, according to the prescription, to scour, work, and clear out the bowels of Mr. Argan, thirty sons.
With your leave, ten sous. Item, on the said day, in the evening, a julep, hepatic, soporiferous, and somniferous, intended to promote the sleep of Mr. Argan, thirty-five sous.
I do not complain of that, for it made me sleep very well. Ten, fifteen, sixteen, and seventeen sous six deniers. Item, on the 25th, a good purgative and corroborative mixture, composed of fresh cassia with Levantine senna and other ingredients, according to the prescription of Mr. Purgon, to expel Mr. Argan's bile, four francs.
You are joking, Mr. Fleurant; you must learn to be reasonable with patients; Mr. Purgon never ordered you to put four francs. Tut! put three francs, if you please. Twenty; thirty sous.¹ Item, on the said day, a dose, anodyne and astringent, to make Mr. Argan sleep, thirty sous.
Ten sous, Mr. Fleurant. Item, on the 26th, a carminative clyster to cure the flatulence of Mr. Argan, thirty sous.
Item, the clyster repeated in the evening, as above, thirty sous.
Ten sous, Mr. Fleurant. Item, on the 27th, a good mixture composed for the purpose of driving out the bad humours of Mr. Argan, three francs.
Good; twenty and thirty sous; I am glad that you are reasonable. Item, on the 28th, a dose of clarified and edulcorated whey, to soften, lenify, temper, and refresh the blood of Mr. Argan, twenty sous.
Good; ten sous. Item, a potion, cordial and preservative, composed of twelve grains of bezoar, syrup of citrons and pomegranates, and other ingredients, according to the prescription, five francs.
Ah! Mr. Fleurant, gently, if you please; if you go on like that, no one will wish to be unwell. Be satisfied with four francs. Twenty, forty sous. Three and two are five, and five are ten, and ten are twenty. Sixty-three francs four sous six deniers. So that during this month I have taken one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight mixtures, and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve clysters; and last month there were twelve mixtures and twenty clysters. I am not astonished, therefore, that I am not so well this month as last. I shall speak to Mr. Purgon about it, so that he may set the matter right. Come, let all this be taken away. (He sees that no one comes, and that he