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Le Malade Imaginaire

or The Hypochondriac

Forbhreathnú

Drámadóir

Lord Longford
Athchóirithe/ Aistrithe ó

Molière
Suíomh

Argan's house in Paris 1673
Achoimre

Argan is a wealthy man convinced that his body is under constant assault from viruses and ailments, so he arranges for his daughter to marry a doctor, so that he can have access to constant medical attention, even though the poor girl's in love with another.
Cinéal Dráma

Athchóiriú/Aistriúchán

Líon na Míreanna

Dráma Fada

Cast size

Male

8
Female

4
Total

12

Céad Léiriú

Dáta an Chéad Léirithe

01 May 1949
Leiriú

Presented by Longford Productions
Ionad an Chéad Léirithe

Gate Theatre/Amharclann an Gheata

Foireann An Chéad Léirithe
Beraldus	Alpho O'Reilly
Lulu	Miriam Brosnan
Mr. Diafoirus	John Welsh
Belinda	Gladys Richards
Mr. Smellie	Denis Hoey
Angelica	Joan O'Rourke
Thomas Diafoirus	Milo O'Shea
Argan	Christopher Casson
Mr. Purge	Aiden Grennell
Cleanthus	Vincent Scally

Foireann Léirithe
	Kay Casson
Cultacha	Lord Longford
Ceoltóir	Florence Byrne
Ceoltóir	Cathleen Rogers
Ceoltóir	Dermot Murnaghan
Léirithe ag	Dan O'Connell(2)
Bainisteoir	Lord Longford
Rúnaí	Maureen Naish-Gray

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Foinse Eolais

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme.