13 Rue de L'Amour (Play in Three Acts) - Softcover

Green, Mawby; Feilbert, Ed

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0573616531 ISBN 13: 9780573616532

Publisher: Samuel French, Inc., 2009

Synopsis

Full Length, Farce/ 5 m, 3 f, extras / 2 ints. Here is the hilarious frolic that launched Feydeau in Paris as the Neil Simon of his day. Take one philandering husband; add his virtuous wife set on revenge, and a doctor determined to be her instrument of revenge; mix well with the husband's friend who is eager to trap his spouse in flagrante delicto and a young nephew with a cocotte to round out his education; toss them together at 13 Rue de L'Amour where a love starved German countess is the concierge; season with a befuddled police inspector and a perky French maid. "The best laid plans for vice and sin go wildly and wonderfully astray."-Seattle Times "Very stuff of comedy whirled around with happy dexterity."-NY Post "Classic farce... thoroughly worth seeing."-NY Times "Indecently funny."-Time ROYALTY FEE: $75 per performance.

About this title

About the Author:

Georges Feydeau (1862-1921) a tres tot neglige ses etudes pour se consacrer au theatre. Encourage par Labiche, la representation de sa premiere grande piece, "Tailleur pour dames", au Theatre de la Renaissance, a ete bien accueillie.A travers une production tres abondante (pres d'une piece par an), il a renouvele le genre du vaudeville en proposant une etude plus approfondie des caracteres. Il a ainsi aborde le genre de la vraie comedie avec "Le Bourgeon" (1906) et "La main passe" (1907) mais a surtout excelle dans des pieces en un acte, farces conjugales reposant sur des moyens volontairement rudimentaires et neanmoins reellement droles du fait du jeu des artifices et des quiproquos, a l'image de "Feu la mere de madame, On purge bebe" (1910), "Mais n'te promene donc pas toute nue" ! (1912; Mille et une nuits, 2001).

About this edition

• Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0573616531
• ISBN 13: 9780573616532
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 132