Produced by Delphine Lettau
THE JEALOUSY OF LE BARBOUILLÉ.
(LA JALOUSIE DU BARBOUILLÉ.)
Among the small farces said to have been sketched by Molière during
his stay in the provinces, two only which seem genuine have come down
to us, and have been published for the last thirty years with his
comedies. These are, 'La Jalousie du Barbouillé,' and 'Le Médecin
Volant.' Molière has made use of the former in the third act of the
comedy called 'George Dandin.'
Molière acted the part of Le Barbouillé.
PERSONS REPRESENTED.
LE BARBOUILLÉ, _husband to_ ANGÉLIQUE.
THE DOCTOR.
ANGÉLIQUE.
VALÈRE, _lover to_ ANGÉLIQUE.
CATHAU, _maid to_ ANGÉLIQUE.
GORGIBUS, _father to_ ANGÉLIQUE.
VILLEBREQUIN.
LA VALLÉE.
THE JEALOUSY OF LE BARBOUILLÉ.
SCENE I.--LE BARBOUILLÉ.
BAR. Everybody must acknowledge that I am the most unfortunate of men!
I have a wife who plagues me to death; and who, instead of bringing me
comfort and doing things as I like them to be done, makes me swear at
her twenty times a day. Instead of keeping at home, she likes gadding
about, eating good dinners, and passing her time with people of I
don't know what description. Ah! poor Barbouillé, how much you are to
be pitied! But she must be punished. Suppose you killed her?... It
would do no good, for you would be hung afterwards. If you were to
have her sent to prison?... The minx would find means of coming out.
What the deuce are you to do?--But here is the doctor coming out this
way; suppose I ask his advice on my difficulties.