The Hypochondriac

E509288
play theatrical work

The Hypochondriac is the standard English title of Molière’s classic 1673 comedic play satirizing medical pretension and obsessive fear of illness.

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Label Occurrences
The Hypochondriac canonical 2
Der musikalische Quacksalber 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf play ⓘ
theatrical work ⓘ
author Molière NERFINISHED ⓘ
character Angélique NERFINISHED ⓘ
Argan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Béline NERFINISHED ⓘ
Béralde NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cléante NERFINISHED ⓘ
Monsieur Diafoirus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Monsieur Purgon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thomas Diafoirus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Toinette NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1673 ⓘ
firstPerformedBy Molière’s troupe NERFINISHED ⓘ
form prose and verse ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasPrologue ballet and musical interludes ⓘ
hasSubject arranged marriage ⓘ
doctor–patient relationship ⓘ
family relations ⓘ
self-deception ⓘ
language French ⓘ
mainCharacter Argan NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement French classicism ⓘ
notableProduction Comédie-Française repertoire ⓘ
originalLanguageTitle Le Malade imaginaire NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalTitle Le Malade imaginaire NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf French classical theatre canon ⓘ
period 17th-century French literature ⓘ
placeOfFirstPerformance Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ
satirizes 17th-century medicine ⓘ
doctors ⓘ
medical profession ⓘ
setting Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ
structure three acts ⓘ
theme deception ⓘ
fear of illness ⓘ
hypochondria ⓘ
marriage of convenience ⓘ
medical pretension ⓘ
social satire ⓘ
translatedTitle The Hypochondriac NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Imaginary Invalid NERFINISHED ⓘ
writer Molière NERFINISHED ⓘ
yearOfWork 1673 ⓘ

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Le Malade imaginaire → hasTitleInEnglish → The Hypochondriac ⓘ
Johann Kuhnau → notableWork → The Hypochondriac ⓘ
this entity surface form: Der musikalische Quacksalber
Con O’Neill → theatreWork → The Hypochondriac ⓘ