The Hypochondriac

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Cleante and Sganarelle in The Hypochondriac by Moliere, translated by Alan Drury, for the Dulwich Players at St. Barnabas Hall, Dulwich Village. Directed by Ruth Franklin. January 1992.

Oops, found out... (with Abigail) I really can't remember much about this production fifteen years later, apart from the play within a play in the middle, where I got to sing a love ballad to my love on a balcony. My love was Jenny Gammon, to whom I found it very easy to sing a love ballad, and I got some thunderous applause after it, to boot, despite the fact I hate singing and really can't do it very well.

I do seem to remember we played it all very over the top, melodramatic, going for the laughs. Looking at the photo now, I wonder how the curls over my forehead were stuck down. But a great costume, I must say.

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