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L'Amour Médecin

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Quittons, quittons notre vaine querelle, Ne nous disputons point nos talents tour à tour, Et d'une glaire plus belle Piquons-nous en ce jour. Unissons  nous tous trois d'une ardeur sans seconde Pour donner du plaisir au plus grand Roi du monde.

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First published January 1, 1665

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Molière

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Sophisticated comedies of French playwright Molière, pen name of Jean Baptiste Poquelin, include Tartuffe (1664), The Misanthrope (1666), and The Bourgeois Gentleman (1670).

French literary figures, including Molière and Jean de la Fontaine, gathered at Auteuil, a favorite place.

People know and consider Molière, stage of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, also an actor of the greatest masters in western literature. People best know l'Ecole des femmes (The School for Wives), l'Avare ou l'École du mensonge (The Miser), and le Malade imaginaire (The Imaginary Invalid) among dramas of Molière.

From a prosperous family, Molière studied at the Jesuit Clermont college (now lycée Louis-le-Grand) and well suited to begin a life in the theater. While 13 years as an itinerant actor helped to polish his abilities, he also began to combine the more refined elements with ccommedia dell'arte.

Through the patronage of the brother of Louis XIV and a few aristocrats, Molière procured a command performance before the king at the Louvre. Molière performed a classic of [authore:Pierre Corneille] and le Docteur amoureux (The Doctor in Love), a farce of his own; people granted him the use of Salle du Petit-Bourbon, a spacious room, appointed for theater at the Louvre. Later, people granted the use of the Palais-Royal to Molière. In both locations, he found success among the Parisians with les Précieuses ridicules (The Affected Ladies), l'École des maris</i> (<i>The School for Husbands</i>), and <i>[book:l'École des femmes (The School for Wives). This royal favor brought a pension and the title "Troupe du Roi" (the troupe of the king). Molière continued as the official author of court entertainments.

Molière received the adulation of the court and Parisians, but from moralists and the Church, his satires attracted criticisms. From the Church, his attack on religious hypocrisy roundly received condemnations, while people banned performance of Don Juan . From the stage, hard work of Molière in so many theatrical capacities began to take its toll on his health and forced him to take a break before 1667.

From pulmonary tuberculosis, Molière suffered. In 1673 during his final production of le Malade imaginaire (The Imaginary Invalid), a coughing fit and a haemorrhage seized him as Argan, the hypochondriac. He finished the performance but collapsed again quickly and died a few hours later. In time in Paris, Molière completely reformed.

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222 reviews125 followers
January 29, 2021
كتاب صوتي كوميدي 😃
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1,565 reviews300 followers
May 14, 2015
Ah les papa! Ils ne veulent jamais se séparer de leurs filles! C'est si bon un papa! Une autre comédie qui raconte l'histoire d'un père qui joue la sourde oreille pour ne pas marier sa fille car elle est tout ce qu'il lui reste de sa defunte femme mais il se trouve pris au piège :D car qui peut resister à l'appel du coeur?!
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June 18, 2020
Et du coup j'ai enchaîné par cette deuxième pièce qui est souvent avec "Le Médecin Volant" et j'ai encore trop aimé ! 😂💓 mais était-ce étonnant ? 🤭
Pas vraiment non... 🥴 mais en même temps c'est tellement rapide à lire et donc captivant car on se lasse pas quoi ! 🤣👌
Bref celle-là était différente de la première sans être trop différente... 🧠
Par exemple on suit toujours deux amants qui souhaitent se marier car leurs pères sont "contres" et un valet ou une servante (ici c'est la servante qui est très 👌) qui invente un stratagème fourbe et complètement fou 😂
Franchement j'ai vraiment aimé cette pièce ! Les personnages sont pas plus attachants mais bien exploités, surtout celui du père, Sganarelle qui se fait mener en bateau du début à la fin et qu'il ne s'en rend jamais compte 🤫🤡
La naïveté... et les médecins dans cette pièce 🤦‍♀️ si je pouvais ne pas les croiser, je me porterais très bien ! 🤣 car la saignée et autres là... pas très tentant tout ça... 👀
J'ai vraiment adoré le personnage de Lisette qui se joue parfaitement de Sganarelle mais aussi de tous les médecins et WAOUH ! 🤣😱👌
J'ai vraiment aimé cette pièce et pareil (je me répète beaucoup hein...) je conseille vraiment Molière, surtout de lire d'autres pièces que celles du collège car c'est différent 💓 Un ⭐⭐⭐⭐,5/5 pour celle-ci ! 💕
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November 14, 2021
Sganarelle’s wife just passed away. Being the sole parent of his daughter Lucinde, he is wondering how to plan her future. He is particularly worried since she has lately become more melancholic. He then learns that her sadness is caused by her infatuation with Clitandre and wishes to marry him. Sganarelle, however, hoping not to dilapidate his wealth refuses the union. The stubbornness of Sganarelle makes Lucinde fake illness and her father summons four doctors to heal her. Doctors are laughable, they differ in their prognosis, debate pedantically, and forget about their patient. This is where lies the crux of the comedy and doctors are portrayed as charlatans by Molière. Clitandre posing as a doctor lures Sganarelle into believing that to heal his daughter, he should arrange a ‘fake’ wedding to him. In a farcical finale, the staged marriage turns out to be an authentic one and Sganarelle having no other choice cedes to the nuptial having paid a heavy dowry.
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830 reviews41 followers
March 16, 2020
أب بخيل يقوم بإجبار ابنته على عدم الزواج لبخله الشديد، فتقوم الابنة وحبيبها بعمل خدعة للأب ويتنكر العشيق في هيئة طبيب بعد ان تتمارض الفتاة ويقنعه بأنه سيقوم بالزواج منها كخدعة، وفي الاساس كليهما يخدعان الاب نفسه الذي تنطلي عليه الخدعة ويتزوجان بالفعل.

المسرحية من فصل واحد، مسلية ولكنها خالية من الجمل العبقرية التي اعتاد موليير اضافتها من وقت لآخر، والتي تتميز بيه مسرحياته "لغة الحوار" ولذلك فهي دون المستوى الذي تعتاده لموليير.
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150 reviews20 followers
February 27, 2019
هذه مسرحية كوميدية في فصل واحد وحدثها يتشابه مع أحداث مسرحيات عديدة له ففيها أب لا يرغب في تزويج ابنته من أي أحد ويرغب في استمرار امتلاكه لها وللثروة التي جمعها طوال حياته وتحب ابنته شخصا تقدم لها ويرفضه أبوها كما رفض غيره ممن تقدموا لطلب الزواج من ابنته
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817 reviews22 followers
June 21, 2018
alright moliere i think i get it
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December 7, 2019
بالنسبه لعصرنا قصه قديمه ومستهلكه الاب اللى عاوز يحتفظ ببنته وفلوسه وميجوزهاش وبيرفض اى واحد يتقدم لخطبتها لكن طبعا وقت ما تم كتبتها كانت فكره جديده فهى لا تصلح لعصرنا الحديث
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12 reviews5 followers
August 13, 2019
L'amour fait des miracles car cest le seul qui peut vous faire sortir de la depression .
Profile Image for Kim Vargas.
117 reviews19 followers
December 11, 2015
Sganarelle es un padre que no quiere casar a su hija. Por otra parte, su hija Lucinda está enferma de amor, y la única cura que existe es complacer los deseos del corazón. Ella recibe ayuda de Liseta, su doncella, quien logrará montar una farsa para engañar al padre, curar el malestar de su ama y ayudar a lo jóvenes enamorados a hacer felices.

Por muchas razones, esta obra me recuerda a esos médicos que no creen en "la pega". La crítica se hace a esos médicos que se las dan de grandes y usan palabras enormes para los diagnósticos más simples... Estuvo divertida :D
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