Le Malade imaginaire

E119470
comedy play play satirical play

Le Malade imaginaire is a 1673 comedic play by Molière that satirizes hypochondria and the medical profession through the story of a wealthy, obsessively ill man.

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Label Occurrences
Le Malade imaginaire canonical 3
Le Malade imaginaire (stage role) 1
Les Fourberies de Scapin (stage role) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf comedy play ⓘ
play ⓘ
satirical play ⓘ
author Molière ⓘ
character Angélique ⓘ
Argan ⓘ
Béline ⓘ
Béralde ⓘ
Cléante ⓘ
Monsieur Diafoirus ⓘ
Monsieur Purgon ⓘ
surface form: Monsieur Fleurant

Monsieur Purgon ⓘ
Monsieur de Bonnefoi ⓘ
Thomas Diafoirus ⓘ
Toinette ⓘ
cityOfFirstPerformance Paris ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
dramaticType five-act comedy in its printed form ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1673-02-10 ⓘ
firstPerformedBy troupe of the Duke of Orléans ⓘ
surface form: Molière's troupe
form comédie-ballet ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasComposer Marc-Antoine Charpentier ⓘ
hasLibrettist Molière ⓘ
hasMoral criticizes blind faith in doctors and medicine ⓘ
hasTitleInEnglish The Hypochondriac ⓘ
Le Malade imaginaire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Imaginary Invalid
influenced later medical satires ⓘ
languageStyle prose and verse ⓘ
literaryCanonStatus major work of Molière ⓘ
mainCharacter Argan ⓘ
mainTheme critique of the medical profession ⓘ
hypochondria ⓘ
movement French classical theatre ⓘ
notableAspect Molière ⓘ
surface form: Molière collapsed on stage during a performance
originalCompany troupe of the Duke of Orléans ⓘ
surface form: Troupe du Roi
originalLanguage French ⓘ
period 17th-century French literature ⓘ
placeOfFirstPerformance Théâtre du Palais-Royal ⓘ
predecessorWork Le Bourgeois gentilhomme ⓘ
protagonistDescription a wealthy hypochondriac ⓘ
satirizes doctors ⓘ
medical treatments of the 17th century ⓘ
setting Argan's house in Paris ⓘ
structure three acts ⓘ
subjectOf film adaptations ⓘ
stage productions ⓘ
television adaptations ⓘ
yearOfWork 1673 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Molière → notableWork → Le Malade imaginaire ⓘ
Jean-Baptiste Lully → notableWork → Le Malade imaginaire ⓘ
Le Malade imaginaire → hasTitleInEnglish → Le Malade imaginaire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Imaginary Invalid
Giovanni Battista Lulli → notableWork → Le Malade imaginaire ⓘ
Jean Marais → notableWork → Le Malade imaginaire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Les Fourberies de Scapin (stage role)
Jean Marais → notableWork → Le Malade imaginaire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Le Malade imaginaire (stage role)