Dying to be Sick

"He walks, sleeps, eats and drinks like everyone else, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t really, really sick!"
Argan is a hypochondriac of the highest order. Convinced of his ill-health, he selfishly determines to marry his daughter to a doctor in order to get free treatment… but she is already in love with the dashing Cléante.With the help of the smartest servant ever to walk the stage, Argan’s brother tries to shake the old man’s obsession with his health. Dying to be Sick is a brand new translation of Molière’s most celebrated play. It is at once a brilliant lampoon of the medical profession and a domestic comedy that will leave you in stitches, from the pen of the man considered to be the greatest writer of comedy in Western literature.

"The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them." — Molière

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Click on the AUDIO link to listen to NAC English Theatre Artistic Director Peter Hinton and Carleton University history professor David Dean discuss this performance.

Street closures around NAC during the Santa Claus Parade:
On Saturday, Nov 17, 2007:
Laurier Avenue, between Nicholas and Elgin, from 8:30 - 12:15
On and off ramps from Laurier to QED Elgin Street, between Slater and Lisgar streets, from 10:45 - 12:15

Elgin St. at Slater entrance to the garage remains open. Traffic exiting NAC parking garage will be permitted to continue south onto QED.