Le Médecin volant

("The Fleet-Footed Doctor" in English, also translated as "The Flying Doctor") A one-act comedy by Molière, with 16 scenes and seven characters, "à la Commedia dell'Arte". His first play, some authors[1] claim it was presented in 1645, while others (e.g. Charles Heron Wall[2] suggest it may only have been acted for the first time in Paris on the 18th of April, 1659. Only printed for the first time in 1819.

Parts of it were reproduced in L'Amour Médecin, and Le Médecin malgré lui.

Translations and adaptations

English

Translated as The Flying Doctor or The Fleet-footed Doctor in English.

Dutch

Dutch translation as De vliegende dokter. by Henriette Albach-Tielrooy (2001), Arnold Sandhaus (2011)

Performance history in South Africa

Produced Vlyt en Kunst as De Wonderdoctor in Cape Town on 24 May 1834, as an afterpiece to Robert Maxwell, fo De Offerdood (Kotzebue), with De Gekwetste Reputatie, of Het Komedielootjie (Boniface) as interlude.

Produced as De Wonder Doctor on 4 June 1836 in Stellenbosch by Door Yver Vruchtbaar, as afterpiece to De Ring (Schröder).

Produced as De Wonder Docter, of on 4 June 1836 in Stellenbosch by Door Yver Vruchtbaar, as afterpiece to De Ring (Schröder).

Sources

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/27072/27072-h/27072-h.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_M%C3%A9decin_volant

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