Feydeau


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Feydeau

(French fɛdo)
n
(Biography) Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1862–1921, French dramatist, noted for his farces, esp La Dame de chez Maxim (1899) and Occupe-toi d'Amélie (1908)
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And just this summer, Davao reprised his dual role in the restaging of the play Baka Hindi Naman, a Philippine adaptation of Georges Feydeau's A Flea In Her Ear, directed by Dennis Marasigan.
"Baka Naman Hindi," the Filipino adaptation of Georges Feydeau's play "La Puce L'Oreille" ("A Flea In Her Ear"), returns onstage at the Cultural Center of the Philippines' Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theater) from April 25 to 28 (3 p.m.
8 For what type of comedy plays was dramatist Georges Feydeau famous?
Georges Feydeau's 1907 play, 'A Flea In Her Ear,' will have another revival at the Cultural Center of the Philippines through an adaptation which transports the setting from Paris to Manila.
No doubt many of these retrograde views stem from the old source of Mark Shanahan's 2016 off-Broadway comedy: Georges Feydeau's 1896 French farce "Le Dindon" ("The Turkey").
24) est adressee a une date indeterminee par Georges Feydeau dont les liens avec Massenet n'etaient pas jusqu'a present averes :
In its treatment of comedy, the production resembled a Feydeau farce, with its precise timing, rapid throw-away gags, and an exquisite sense of balance and proportion--a clock-like mechanism, as the director commented in his notes.
(25) Much Ado About Nothing and Georges Feydeau's A Flea in Her Ear were shown in 1967.
We still see Moliere, Ibsen, Feydeau, and Chekhov, but only rarely does a new play from abroad find a substantial American theater audience.
The other was a Feydeau farce, There's One in Every Marriage, which had a huge iris separating two realistic playing areas.
La comedie phenomene regroupe sur scene 7 personnages, [beaucoup moins que]enfants de Feydeau et de Friends[beaucoup plus grand que].