Le Malade Imaginaire (2015)
Produced by
Playwright: Molière
Director: Guy Mignault
Venue
The Berkeley Street Theatre – Upstairs Theatre
Run
May 6th, 2015 – May 24th, 2015
Synopsis
It was more than 340 years ago that the famed Parisian author imagined this old and zany patriarch who, like most characters in Moliere’s body of work, has not aged a bit! As he’s done for hundreds of years, we expect our imaginary invalid to list the many aches and pains he supposedly suffers from…but if Argan, the character at the heart of Moliere’s comedy, truly surfers from a medical condition, it would have to be acute hypochondria. Indeed the old man loves to surround himself with the best and brightest doctors and pharmacists money can buy—which would be completely understandable if he wasn’t in fact in perfect health! His admiration for the medical profession has in fact turned into an obsession. It is easy then to imagine his disappointment when Angélique, his beloved daughter, falls madly in love with Cléante, a young man who is not a doctor! Meanwhile, hoping to get her hands on his fortune, Argan’s second wife, Béline, is patiently waiting for one of her husband’s imaginary illness to finally become real. Toinette, the servant with an uncanny talent for disguise, jumps at the chance of playing doctors, mumbling hilariously her way through medical gibberish and determined to remedy these unfortunate situations. (Show Facebook Event)
Cast
| Nicolas Van Burek | Argan |
| Julie-Kim Beaudry | Béraldine |
| Sébastien Bertrand | Monsieur Bonnefoy / Thomas Diafoirus |
| Krystel Descary | Angelélique / Louison |
| Bianca Heuvelmans | Béline / Monsieur Fleurant |
| Djennie Laguerre | Toinette |
| Guy Mignault | Monsieur Diafoirus |
| Christopher Webb | Cléante / Monsieur Purgon |
Creative Team
| Molière | Playwright |
| Guy Mignault | Director |
| Claude Naubert | Music |
| Glen Charles Landry | Set Design |
| Alain Richer | Lighting |
| Melanie McNeill | Costumes |
Production
| Gabriel Dubé | Stage Manager |
| Natalie Gisèle | Production Manager |
| Michelle Connolly | Seamstress |
| Gunta Dreifelds | Surtitles Coordinator |
| Melanie Hall | Surtitles Operator |
Staff
| Cecilia Waszczuk | Head Technician |
