{"product_id":"9781840023961","title":"Feydeau: Three Farces","description":"\u003ch3\u003eOberon Classics\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eFeydeau: Three Farces\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGeorge Feydeau | Peter Meyer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ European \/ English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorges Feydeau, once considered as purveyor of slapstick farces, is now accepted as France’s best comic dramatist since Moliere. He once said that to make people laugh you have to place your cast in a dramatic situation and then observe them from a comic angle, but they must never do or say anything which is not strictly demanded, first by their character and secondly by the plot. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes the plays Fitting for Ladies, A Close Shave and Sauce for the Goose.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Fitting for Ladies, a man on the look-out for a new romantic rendezvous is mistaken for a dressmaker...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn A Close Shave, a woman's would-be lover has to assume the identity of her artist husband, who is about to be called up for military service.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Sauce for the Goose, a man discovers that the woman he is pursuing is the wife of an old friend...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eGeorges Feydeau (1862-1921) is best known for his enduring farces, such as 'A Flea in her Ear', yet he wrote over 20 monologues for actors to perform at charity concerts and in fashionable drawing rooms.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01 September 2004\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOberon Books\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781840023961\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e284\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.32\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55334618759308,"sku":"9781840023961","price":24.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_a4b46beb-c514-4922-96f9-8dabc30adcf9.jpg?v=1788028724","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781840023961","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}