La Puce à l’oreille

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La Puce à l’oreille is a classic French farce by playwright Georges Feydeau, renowned for its intricate misunderstandings, rapid-fire dialogue, and expertly constructed comic situations.

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La Puce à l’oreille canonical 2

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instanceOf farce
play
stage work
author Georges Feydeau
centralTheme infidelity (suspected)
marital jealousy
miscommunication
social hypocrisy
countryOfOrigin France
firstPerformanceDate 1907
frequentlyPerformedIn France
United Kingdom
United States
genre comedy
farce
hasAdaptation film adaptations
opera adaptation
television adaptations
hasEnglishTranslation John Mortimer
Kenneth McLeish
hasPart Act I
Act II
Act III
hasSetting Paris
early 20th century
isConsidered classic of French farce
one of Georges Feydeau’s masterpieces
mainCharacter Camille Chandebise
Carlos Homenidès de Histangua
Lucienne Homenidès de Histangua
Poche
Raymonde Chandebise
Romain Tournel
Victor-Emmanuel Chandebise
movement French boulevard theatre
notableAdaptation 1968 film "A Flea in Her Ear" directed by Jacques Charon
notableCharacteristic complex comic situations
intricate misunderstandings
rapid-fire dialogue
use of a doppelgänger character
use of mistaken identity
originalLanguage French
placeOfFirstPerformance Paris
plotDevice anonymous letter
revolving bed mechanism
seedy hotel rendezvous
structure three-act play
theatreOfFirstPerformance Théâtre des Nouveautés
translatedTitle A Flea in Her Ear

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Georges Feydeau notableWork La Puce à l’oreille
A Flea in Her Ear originalTitle La Puce à l’oreille