'An irreverent and delicious farce where the old world meets the new.
'Argan is a needy and controlling patriarch of a household of women, and his hypochondria is the perfect means to keep them at his beck and call. But when his self-obsession extends to selling off his daughter in return for on-tap medical attention, his housekeeper Toinette decides it’s time to fight back.
'In this world premiere, Hilary Bell adapts Molière’s classic satire for contemporary Australian audiences. The Hypochondriac critiques a society of overdiagnosis and over-prescription that has us clamouring for short-cut fixes and pharmaceuticals.'
Source: Malthouse Theatre.
World premiere by the Darlinghurst Theatre Company, 9 June to 1 July 2018.
Director: Jo Turner.
Cast including Darren Gilshenan
Lighting Designer: Verity Hampson.
