The Imaginary Invalid

France's master comic playwright has a field day with the subjects of hypochondria and our blind obedience to doctors. Molière's witty attack on the medical profession has more than a little resonance today. Translated by John Wood, adapted by Beth Milles.


Recorded before a live audience at the Doubletree Guest Suites, Santa Monica in December 1997.


Directed by Beth Milles

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg


An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording, starring:


The Actor's Gang Theatre Company:

Molly Bryant as Toinette

Tom Fitzpatrick as Diaforirus

Laurence O'Keefe as Cleante

Dan Parker as Argan

Evie Peck as Louison

Dina Platias as Angelique

Stephen M. Porter as Thomas

Michael Rivkin as Purgon

Dean Robinson as Beralde

Patti Tippo as Berline

Chris Wells as Fleurant


Technical Director: Raymond Guarna

Foley Artist and Stage Manager: John Lovick

Associate Producer: Susan Raab Simonson

Original Music by Laurence O'Keefe

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The Imaginary Invalid

France's master comic playwright has a field day with the subjects of hypochondria and our blind obedience to doctors. Molière's witty attack on the medical profession has more than a little resonance today. Translated by John Wood, adapted by Beth Milles.


Recorded before a live audience at the Doubletree Guest Suites, Santa Monica in December 1997.


Directed by Beth Milles

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg


An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording, starring:


The Actor's Gang Theatre Company:

Molly Bryant as Toinette

Tom Fitzpatrick as Diaforirus

Laurence O'Keefe as Cleante

Dan Parker as Argan

Evie Peck as Louison

Dina Platias as Angelique

Stephen M. Porter as Thomas

Michael Rivkin as Purgon

Dean Robinson as Beralde

Patti Tippo as Berline

Chris Wells as Fleurant


Technical Director: Raymond Guarna

Foley Artist and Stage Manager: John Lovick

Associate Producer: Susan Raab Simonson

Original Music by Laurence O'Keefe

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Overview

France's master comic playwright has a field day with the subjects of hypochondria and our blind obedience to doctors. Molière's witty attack on the medical profession has more than a little resonance today. Translated by John Wood, adapted by Beth Milles.


Recorded before a live audience at the Doubletree Guest Suites, Santa Monica in December 1997.


Directed by Beth Milles

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg


An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording, starring:


The Actor's Gang Theatre Company:

Molly Bryant as Toinette

Tom Fitzpatrick as Diaforirus

Laurence O'Keefe as Cleante

Dan Parker as Argan

Evie Peck as Louison

Dina Platias as Angelique

Stephen M. Porter as Thomas

Michael Rivkin as Purgon

Dean Robinson as Beralde

Patti Tippo as Berline

Chris Wells as Fleurant


Technical Director: Raymond Guarna

Foley Artist and Stage Manager: John Lovick

Associate Producer: Susan Raab Simonson

Original Music by Laurence O'Keefe


Editorial Reviews

New Haven Advocate

Translator Magruder is [known] for his brash injections of present-day lingo into seldom-seen French comedies that had been deemed ‘stuffy' before he got his ink-stained hand on 'em. Anything goes, anything for a laugh, any port in a storm, even if (especially if) that port happens to be an outhouse. It's a rude, bright, wild show.

Hartford Courant

Magruder has emphasized the play's origin as a ‘comédie-ballet' in three acts, ‘with two musical interludes and a grand finale.' The last introduces Hillary Clinton in a health-care mode, one of the many liberties he has taken in his unstinting efforts to make this INVALID fabulous and contemporary.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940193124290
Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works
Publication date: 06/03/2025
Edition description: Adapted
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