Study Guide: The Imaginary Invalid

THE IMAGINARY INVALID

By Molière
Adapted by Constance Congdon (Based on a translation by Dan Smith)

STUDY GUIDE CONTENTS:

• Play Synopsis and Character Break-down
• Molière Biography
• French Theater in the 1600’s
• 17th Century Medical Practices
• Ideas of Translation
• Questions for discussion

Study guide prepared by Jason Lites and Morgan Fox.

SOURCES
“17th Century Medical Practices” Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Oct. 27, 2008.

Molière. The Imaginary Invalid. Translated by Dan Smith; Adapted by Constance Congdon. 2006.

Molière. The Imaginary Invalid. Translated by John Wood. Penguin Books Ltd. New York: 1976. Scott, Virginia.

Molière: A Theatrical Life. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge; New York: 2000.