posted 3rd December 2024
The Hypochondriac by Moliere
An amateur production performed by arrangement with
Richard Bean Playwright Ltd
Estuary first planned to present The Hypochondriac in 2020, when they were overtaken by the Covid pandemic. Now at last we have got the show back on the road.
This version is by Richard Bean, whose One Man Two Guvnors and Jack Absolute Flies Again, both for the National Theatre, set a new standard in updating classic comedies.
Argan is so obsessed with his imaginary ailments that he loses sight of what his happening in his household, from the antics of his grasping second wife to his daughter’s growing admiration for an unsuitable young man. His aim is to marry her off to the oleaginous son of one of his physicians, as a ruse to obtaining free medical care. The doctor is one of many mercenary medics profiting from treating Argan’s afflictions. Can Argan be rescued from these machinations? It will require all the ingenuity of his nursemaid, and the efforts of his brother to open his eyes to his true situation.
Directed by Clare Philbrock assisted by Becky Davies.
The Hypochondriac will play at the Matthews Hall on
8 April 2025 7:30
9 April 2025 7:30
10 April 2025 7:30
11 April 2025 7:30
