Collection:LPB

Genre: French

Place Covered: Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 1983-11-26

Duration: 00:57:51

Subjects: French language | Theater | Le Theatre 'Cadien | Cajun French dialect

Contributors:

• Landreneau, Robert Performer
• Trotter, Phoebe Performer
• Breaux, Lynn Performer
• Sellers, Gerard Performer
• Broussard, Earlene Performer
• Savoy, Shirley Performer
• Loupan, Victor Performer

This episode of the series “En Francais” from November 26, 1983, features Le Theatre Cadien’s performance of the play “Le Medecin Malgre Lui.” The play, a Cajun adaptation of Moliere’s 1666 play, pokes fun at the doctors of the time by turning a poor woodcutter into “the doctor in spite of himself.” Le Theatre Cadian is a local theater group in Lafayette, Louisiana, that produces and performs plays in the Cajun French dialect. This episode was preserved through a 2018 CLIR Recordings at Risk Grant.