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| − | ("The Imaginary Invalid") [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Imaginary_Invalid] is a three-act comédie-ballet by [[Molière]] with dance sequences and musical interludes by Marc-Antoine Charpentier [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc-Antoine_Charpentier].
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| − | == The original text ==
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| − | Written in 1673, and first performed on 10 February 1673 at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris. Originally choreographed by Pierre Beauchamp [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Beauchamp]. A satire on the medical profession of his time, it was to be Moliere's last play.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | Usually translated into English as ''[[The Imaginary Invalid]]'' or ''[[The Hypochondriac]]''.
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| − | Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Die Iepekonders]]'' by [[A.F.H. van Dijk]] in 195*, and as ''[[Die Ipekonders]]'' by [[Nico Luwes]] in 199*.
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| − | Translated from the German verion into English as ''[[The Imaginary Invalid]]'' by [[Wilhelm Grütter]] for performance in South Africa.
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | === In English ===
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| − | 1953: The [[A.F.H. van Dijk]] translation was performed by [[NTO]] in 1953, with 231 performances, Directed by [[Hermien Dommisse]] for the [[NTO]] in 1953, with [[André Huguenet]], [[Gracelina Bosman]] (replaced by [[Elsa Fouché]] on tour), [[Fay Engelbrecht]] (replaced by [[Berdine Grünewald]] on tour), [[Helena Louw]], [[Danie Smuts]], [[Patrick Mynhardt]], [[Michal Grobbelaar]], [[Jannie Gildenhuys]], [[Bryan Bales]], [[Louw Verwey]], [[Elma Krynauw]].
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| − | 1967: The [[Wilhelm Grütter|Grütter]] English translation was staged by [[PACT]], directed by German director [[Walter Czaschke]], featuring [[Alec Bell]] (Argan), [[Maureen McAllister]] (Beline), [[Madeleine le Roux]] (Angelique), [[Kerry Jordan]] (Beralde), [[John Mitchell]] (Cleante), [[Siegfried Mynhardt]] (Mr Diafoirus), [[Frank Lazarus]] (Thomas Diafoirus), [[Francois Swart]] (Mr Purgon), [[David Salton]] (Mr Fieurant), [[Arthur Hall]] ( Mr Bonnefoi) and [[Margaret Fry]] (Toinette). Decor by [[Raimond Schoop]] and costumes by [[Clarence Wilson]].
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| − | 1994: The [[Nico Luwes]] translation was presented by the [[University of Stellenbosch Drama Department]] in September 1994 in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]]. [[Herman Pretorius]] was the director and the cast included [[Chris Vorster]], [[Lisl Wolmarans]], [[Franci Swanepoel]], [[Martelize Kolver]], [[Nicole Holm]], [[Paul du Toit]], [[Gaerin Hauptfleisch]], [[Malan Steyn]], [[Francois Toerien]] and others.
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | ''Wikipedia'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moli%C3%A8re] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Imaginary_Invalid]
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| − | fr.wikipedia [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Malade_imaginaire]
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| − | ''Die Iepekonders'' theatre programme, 1953; ''Helikon'', 2(9):16.a
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| − | [[PACT]] theatre prgramme, 1967.
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| − | [[Petru Wessels|Petru]] & [[Carel Trichardt]] theatre programme collection.
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| − | [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] programme, 1994.
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