Reviews for The Hypochondriac

The average rating for The Hypochondriac based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-09-29 00:00:00 Russell Baker This was the last piece from a dying Molière (the French Shakespeare for those who don't know who he is) and one of his masterpieces of irony. It was originally accompanied with music and a choreographed ballet. It is highly readable and comic and somewhat less misogynistic than his other works. It takes a sarcastic look at quack doctors and hypochondriacs and is well-loved, deservedly so, here in Paris where it is nearly always on stage somewhere.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-05-18 00:00:00 James Brow 2020-05-18 - I read this play a week or two before I saw a performance of it at The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, a regional repertory theater in Ashland, Oregon in 2012. Loved them both. Really fun, funny, wise and wonderful. The translations were excellent in terms of conveying the ideas and reading/hearing well. Considering the play is almost 350 years old, that's pretty good! The play performance however, took some liberties (their right I guess), and put in some ridiculous references to global warming - sooooo politically correct. Sad. But even those foolish parts did not come close to ruining the whole performance, since the play had such great wit to it and the actors did such a great job too. The play and the festival are both highly recommended.