The Imaginary Cuckold

The Imaginary Cuckold
Molière as Sganarelle
Written byMolière
Date premiered28 May 1660 (1660-05-28)
Place premieredThéâtre du Petit-Bourbon, Paris
Original languageFrench
GenreComedy
Setting17th-century Paris

Sganarelle, or The Imaginary Cuckold (French: Sganarelle, ou Le Cocu imaginaire) is a one-act comedy in verse by Molière. It was first performed on 28 May 1660 at the Théâtre du Petit-Bourbon in Paris to great success. Molière himself played the role of Sganarelle at the premiere and continued to perform it throughout his career. The story deals with the consequences of jealously and hasty assumptions in a farcical series of quarrels and misunderstandings involving Sganarelle (the imagined cuckold of the title), his wife, and the young lovers, Célie and Lélie.

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