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To: Cardhu
La Comedie-Francaise is one of the state theatres of France.
In it's collection is the armchair used by Moliere during Le Malade imaginaire - (The Imaginary Invalid).
This is the chair Maliere died in
during "The Imaginary Invalid"

The chair is a Louis XIII style armchair made of wood, upholstered with black sheepskin, and set on casters.
It is 4 feet by 2 feet 2 inches by 2 feet 8 inches (123 x 68 x 82 cm).
It was first used in 1673 by Molière for the premiere of Le Malade imaginaire,
and is the chair he died on during the performance.
It was used by successive actors playing Argan until 1879.
That’s 209 years, math-wizard.
At that point, it had become so worn
that a replica was made for the current Argan
and the original placed on display.


4 posted on 10/23/2011 3:55:49 PM PDT by yorkie (There's only ONE "CAIN"......all the rest CAIN'T!)
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To: Cardhu
Amazing what two brackets and two letters can do to an entire page......("< br >")

Sorry.......

5 posted on 10/23/2011 3:58:49 PM PDT by yorkie (There's only ONE "CAIN"......all the rest CAIN'T!)
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To: yorkie

I loved the chair - you know how to find interesting items.


7 posted on 10/23/2011 4:36:03 PM PDT by Cardhu
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