Dr. Knock, Or The Triumph Of Medicine
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened May 10, 2010
Closed Jun 6, 2010
Opened May 10, 2010
Closed Jun 6, 2010
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Jules Romains' 1923 satire Dr. Knock, Or The Triumph Of Medicine focuses on what happens when Dr. Knock buys a small medical practice in the French countryside and then, attempts to run it, using modern business practices. The play debuted in Paris in 1923 and was produced in New York in 1928.
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Jules Romains' devilish 1923 revenge comedy, Dr. Knock, Or The Triumph Of Medicine -- as directed with tongue in cheek and translated jauntily by Gus Kaikkonen for the increasingly valuable Mint Theatre Company -- happens to be an extremely amusing reminder that health care is hardly a new issue. And while the work's faded particulars don't carry much relevance in today's confusing world, the situations depicted still have a vivid comic kick.
The titular Dr. Knock (Thomas M. Hammond) buys a medical practice in remote hamlet St. Maurice and soon learns from wily predecessor Dr. Parpalaid (Patrick Husted) and his uppity wife Madame Parpalaid (Patti Perkins), that not only is there little ann[...]