Overview
Character Name
Argan
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Adult, Mature Adult
Role Size
Lead
Voice
Spoken
Time & Place
Argan's household, France, Late 1600s
Analysis
”Ah! Children are no longer children nowadays! What trouble! I have not even enough leisure to attend to my illness. I am quite done up.” - Argan
40s-60s. Argan is the imaginary invalid of the play’s title. He is a hypochondriac--perpetually worried about his health,
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