The International Festival of Patras at 9.30 pm on Friday, September 6 hosts the comedy of Moliere “The Imaginary Patient” at the Municipal Summer Theaters, directed and adapted by Emilios Chialakis and Manolis Dounias.
The play is the swan song of the leading comedian and representative of French classicism as it was written while he was already ill and suffering from the doctors of the time
Through the performance, the actors continue their study of the leading French dramatist, who always illuminated the darkness of the human soul through the lens of comedy, understood the human psyche and created characters with a universal reach. His works remain relevant to the present day.
With “The Imaginary Patient” Moliere takes aim at the charlatans and connoisseurs who plague the medical profession. He satirizes the “experts” of his time who hide behind pompous phrases and fancy terminology in an effort to camouflage their inadequacy of knowledge and the fact that they put profit and self-interest above the Hippocratic Oath. Moliere – as one of the most brilliant revolutionary spirits of his time – not only stays there, but also makes a political comment by denouncing all forms of authority and strongly criticizing French society and its ills. In a light but caustic way, he takes issue with all kinds of authorities who, blinded by arrogance and having conquered privileges and power, demean and oppress the common citizen.
In a tragic irony, “The Imaginary Patient” was his swan song. In 1673, shortly after the fourth performance of the play in which he starred, Moliere – ill and betrayed by the doctors – died backstage.
COEFFICIENTS: Direction – Adaptation: Emilios Cheilakis – Manolis Dounias, Free performance: Manolis Dounias, Sets: Giorgos Gavalas, Costumes: Alexia Theodorakis, Music: Thodoris Economou, Lighting: Nikos Vlasopoulos, Movement: Elena Gerodimou, Assistant director: Thanos Hatzopoulos
THEY ARE PLAYING: Emilios Cheilakis, Athena Maximou, Myrto Alikakis, Thodoris Romanidis, Nikos Gelia, Panagiotis Gavrelas, Vicky Diamantopoulou, George Zygouris, Dimitris Filippidis.
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