The Hypochondriac

Translated by Liverpool poet McGough, and one of Moliere's most popular comedies, it will have a broad appeal to audiences and readers in Liverpool especially. The play runs from 19 June - 11 July 2009 at Liverpool Everyman Theatre then tours the UK. The Hypochondriac is a set text for WJEC AS/A2 Drama Theatre Studies. Moliere is considered France's greatest comic writer and his work remains an important component of A level theatre studies courses. Roger McGough is a major poet whose work is recommended for pupils of secondary English by the National Curriculum.

A verse adaptation of Moliere's final play, The Hypochondriac is a scathingly funny lampoon on both hypochondria and the 'quack' medical profession. This version by Liverpool poet Roger McGough was first produced in 2009.First produced in 1673 and Moliere's final play, The Hypochondriac is a scathingly funny lampoon on both hypochondria and the 'quack' medical profession. Argan is a perfectly healthy, wealthy gentleman, convinced that he is seriously ill. So obsessed is he with medicinal tinkerings and tonics that he is blind to the goings on in his own household. However, his most efficacious cure will not appear in a bottle or a bedpan, but in his sharp-tongued servant, who has a cunning plan to reveal the truth and open her master's eyes. Adapted by Roger McGough The Hypochondriac was produced by the Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse and English Touring Theatre and premiered on 19 June 2009.