In the second act of this play, two lovers pledge their forbidden love for each other in front of a partywhile pretending to perform an opera scene about Philis and Tircis.
In the second act of this play, two lovers pledge their forbidden love for each other in front of a partywhile pretending to perform an opera scene about Philis and Tircis. It concludes with a dancing interlude inwhich an examiner gives a fake oral exam in broken Latin to a character marked as "Bachelierus." The titlecharacter of this play figures out his wife Beline does not love him after playing dead and seeing her dancefor joy, and ultimately allows his daughter Angelique to marry Cleante rather than Thomas Diafoirus. For10 points, name this comedy that Moliere died after performing, and which is about Argan, who incorrectlythinks he needs a doctor.
In the second act of this play, two lovers pledge their forbidden love for each other in front of a partywhile pretending to perform an opera scene about Philis and Tircis.
The Imaginary Invalid [or The Hypochondriac; or Le Malade Imaginaire]