The Imaginary Invalid

by Molière

[TN] Transcriber’s Note (from a reader):

The above was a litteral rendition of the text. After this eBook was published in PG we received the following:

Dear sir or madam:

The original translator of the Moliere’s play “The Imaginary Invalid” did not translate the third interlude into English, simply declaring that it was “utterly untranslateable”(sic).

My father (Duane Larrieu, retired linguist) has translated this third Interlude and requested that I submit it to Project Gutenberg on his behalf. His translation of the Third Interlude follows:

THIRD INTERLUDE. [⁶]

Burlesque Ceremony representing the Admission of Mr. Geronte to the Degree of Doctor of Medicine.

First Entry of the Ballet

Gentleman in Charge.