The Imaginary Invalid was Molière's last comedy. Argan is a wealthy man convinced that he is constantly ill, and he surrounds himself with doctors, remedies and treatments. He decides his daughter must marry a physician, so that medical care will always be close at hand, though she loves someone else. His clever maid Toinette and his sensible brother try to cure him of his delusion. The play mocks the pretensions of the medical profession of the day and the human fear of illness, with music and dance. It is a warm, bold and farcical comedy.