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Le Médecin malgré lui (French pronunciation: [lə medsɛ̃ malɡʁe lɥi]; "The doctor/physician in spite of himself") is a farce by Molière first presented in 1666 (published as a manuscript in early 1667) at le théâtre du Palais-Royal by la Troupe du Roi.
- Molière
- 1891
May 16, 2024 · Complete summary of Moliere's The Doctor in Spite of Himself. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of The Doctor in Spite of Himself.
THE DOCTOR IN SPITE OF HIMSELF. (Le Médecin Malgré Lui) Charles Gounod. English Version by Donald Pippin. ACT I. Sganarelle and Martine, his wife, are in the heat of argument. SGANARELLE. Stop! Bicker, badger, You gain nothing by it. Here I'm the master; I want some quiet! MARTINE. And I repeat, sir, I am not your slave;
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Le Médecin malgré lui (1666; The Doctor in Spite of Himself ), which begins as a farce based on the simple joke of mistaking the ne’er-do-well woodcutter Sganarelle for a doctor, gradually becomes a satire on learned pretension and bourgeois credulity as Sganarelle fulfills his role as a doctor with great…. Read More.
THE DOCTOR IN SPITE OF HIMSELF. A monologue from the play by Molière. NOTE: This monologue is reprinted from The Dramatic Works of Molière, Vol. II. Ed. Charles Heron Wall. London: George Bell & Sons, 1898. SGANARELLE: No, I tell you; they made a doctor of me in spite of myself.
Le médecin malgré lui (The Doctor in spite of himself; sometimes also called The Mock Doctor) is an opéra comique in three acts by Charles Gounod to a libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré after Molière's play of the same name.
Analysis and discussion of characters in Moliere's The Doctor in Spite of Himself
