The Imaginary Cuckold

The Imaginary Cuckold
Molière as Sganarelle
Written by	Molière
Date premiered	28 May 1660 (1660-05-28)
Place premiered	Théâtre du Petit-Bourbon, Paris
Original language	French
Genre	Comedy
Setting	17th-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.^[1] 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.