{"id":2097,"date":"2014-04-03T15:40:04","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T15:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/2014\/04\/03\/furman-theatre-presents-moliere-comedy\/"},"modified":"2022-09-07T14:42:20","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T18:42:20","slug":"furman-theatre-presents-moliere-comedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/furman-theatre-presents-moliere-comedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Furman Theatre presents Moli\u00e8re comedy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dr. Jay Oney plays title role, Argan<\/p><\/div>\n

The Furman University Theatre will present Moli\u00e8re\u2019s \u201cThe Imaginary Invalid\u201d <\/i><\/b>April 2-5 and April 10-12 at 8 p.m., with a matinee at 3 p.m., Sunday, April 6. All shows are performed in the Furman Playhouse on campus.<\/p>\n

Tickets are available at the Theatre Box Office beginning March 31. Prices are $16 general admission, $13 for seniors, and $8 for students.<\/p>\n

The plays of the 17th century French comic genius Moli\u00e8re are more familiar to us today as elegant, rhymed translations of such masterpieces as\u00a0\u201cTartuffe\u201d\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cSchool for Wives.\u201d As a young writer and actor, however, Moli\u00e8re toured the French countryside and learned from the improvisational masters of the great Italian comedy troupes.<\/p>\n

In his final play, \u201cThe Imaginary Invalid,\u201d Moli\u00e8re returns to the slapstick comedy of his youth to depict the misadventures of bumbling doctors and gullible patients. Eberle Thomas’s translation re-introduces us to a more conversational and funny Moli\u00e8re, who is unlike the formal satirist we’ve come to expect. \u201cThe Imaginary Invalid,\u201d soothes our concerns about health care and age with medicinal laughter spawned by good-natured, pungent, and timely humor.<\/p>\n

Furman Theatre Professor Rhett Bryson<\/b>, M.F.A, directs the play and designs sound. Alan Bryson<\/b> is lighting and scenic designer, and plays the role of Doctor Purgon. Costumes are designed by senior theatre major Callie Nestleroth<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Professor Jay Oney<\/b>, Ph.D., plays the title role of Argan. Student cast members are:<\/p>\n

Beline, Argan\u2019s second wife: Clare Ruble<\/strong><\/p>\n

Angelique, Argan\u2019s daughter: Haley Brown<\/strong><\/p>\n

Louison, Argan\u2019s younger daughter:\u00a0Erin Barnett<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beralde, Argan\u2019s brother: Sam Feigenbaum<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cleante, Angelique\u2019s suitor: Dakota Adams<\/strong><\/p>\n

Doctor Diafoirus, Sr.: Sal Donzella<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thomas Diafoirus, doctor\u2019s son: Sam Nelson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Monsieur Fleurant, the apothecary:\u00a0Rusty Johnson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Monsieur Bonnefoi, the notary: Robert \u201cBobbo\u201d Fuson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Toinette, the maid: Kenzie Wynne<\/strong><\/p>\n

For ticket information and reservations, call the Theatre Box Office at 864-294-2125.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Furman University Theatre will present Moli\u00e8re\u2019s \u201cThe Imaginary Invalid\u201d <\/i><\/b>April 2-5 and April 10-12 at 8 p.m., with a matinee at 3 p.m., Sunday, April 6. All shows are performed in the Furman Playhouse on campus.\u00a0In his final play, \u201cThe Imaginary Invalid,\u201d Moli\u00e8re returns to the slapstick comedy of his youth to depict the misadventures of bumbling doctors and gullible patients. The comedy soothes our concerns about health care and age with medicinal laughter spawned by good-natured, pungent, and timely humor.\u00a0\u00a0Tickets, $8-$16, are available at the Theatre Box Office beginning March 31.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":12975,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}