An account of Moliere's last days and of his last comedy--The Imaginary Invalid.

PLAYING DEAD Gideon Lester introduces The Imaginary Invalid Even as Moli re started work on The Imaginary Invalid late in the winter of 1672, he knew that he was dying. For five years he had fought a chronic pulmonary infection and a violent, rattling cough that prevented him from sleeping and hindered his stage performances. His friends begged him to quit the theatre for the sake of his health, ...