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Le Médecin malgré lui

Le Médecin malgré lui

Le Médecin malgré lui is a farce by Molière first presented in 1666 at le théâtre du Palais-Royal by la Troupe du Roi. The play is one of several plays by Molière to center on Sganarelle, a character that Molière himself portrayed, and is a comedic satire of 17th century French medicine.


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“We have changed all that.”

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Nous avons changé tout cela.
Le Médecin malgré lui (1666), Act ii, scene 6

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“There are bundles and bundles.”

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Original: (fr) Il y a fagots et fagots.
Source: Le Médecin malgré lui (1666), Act i, scene 6. In this context, a fagot is a bundle of sticks, twigs or small tree branches bound together.

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