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Detail showing harlequin with clyster (enema) pipe or perhaps a wooden sword.  The figure in the foreground appears to be holding a fumigating torch of resinous wood, used in the seventeenth century to disinfect houses as a deterrent to the plague.  From ""A Candle-lit Interior" by Matthijs Naiveu (1647-1726), one of a group of medical paintings completed ca. 1700.  Scroll down to see the entire painting.
Welcome

This website serves the artistic team, cast, and audiences of University Theatre's production of 

The Imaginary Invalid by Molière
Translated and Adapted by Arrie Callahan
Directed by Patricia Boyette

October 23-November 7, 2009
Mitchell Theatre, Vilas Hall

Tickets and further information at www.utmadison.com


Pre-show Lobby Talk on Thursday, October 29, at 6:30
Professor Richard Goodkin
Department of French and Italian

"Death is a Laughing Matter: 
Molière'sThe Imaginary Invalid"


You are invited to explore this website for information and images pertaining to the play, our production, and selected historical and theatrical contexts for the play. 

Please reload this page each time you use it because information will be added throughout the rehearsal and performance dates.

 

A love-sick woman is visited by a quack doctor on the right who brings Harlequin to attend to her physical complaints. The fireplace mantle appears to hold pots and jars, perhaps containing various other remedies.