George Feydeau

Dossier pédagogique de Maxime Durisotti Justin a trouvé un stratagème pour moins travailler : il hypnotise son maître et lui fait faire toutes ses corvées. Boriquet porte donc les bagages et fait le ménage, pendant que son domestique goûte aux... Lire la suite

Le Système Ribadier a été un triomphe pendant toute l’année 2013 au théâtre du Vieux Colombier (mis en scène par Zabou Breitman), et on comprend pourquoi. C’est le triomphe de l’esprit français, de la légèreté, de l’humour et de l’imbroglio. Un... Lire la suite

Le formidable vaudeville de Georges Feydeau vient d’être couronné aux « Molières » avec notamment le prix du théâtre public et celui du meilleur acteur.
La veille de son mariage, Fernand de Bois d'Enghien tente de rompre avec sa maîtresse, la... Lire la suite

Feydeau's major farces are universally admired, but relatively few people are familiar with his early work. When Feydeau left school in 1879 he began writing monologues for leading actors and actresses to perform in salons and at charity concerts... Lire la suite

Original illustrations by Jean Cocteau and Andrzej Klimowski Two of the seven monologues by Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) in this edition were written for Édith Piaf. The other five were written for Cocteau’s friend, the celebrated actor Jean Marais, to... Lire la suite

Angele has learned from her first husband that no man can be trusted when it comes to other women. This goes for Ribadier, her current husband, too. He may be a high principled politician, but Ribadier believes it's no less than his right to enjoy a... Lire la suite

Cette comédie musicale en trois actes et neuf tableaux est une œuvre surprenante : si le voyage dans le temps est un thème récurrent dans les univers romanesque et cinématographique, il a été rarement exploré au théâtre. Georges Feydeau, en... Lire la suite

‘My dear fellow. Dreadfully sorry. I’ll be marrying your wife.’ A charming politician and his glamorous new wife evoke a picture of marital bliss. Her first husband was a liar and a cheat. Her second is a different batch of chromosomes altogether.... Lire la suite

Eccentric and hillarious, Georges Feydeau’s much loved comedy mixes madness, mayhem, fun and frivolity. When the beautiful wife of Victor Chandebise suspects of having an affair, she enlists the help of her dearest friend to entrap him. Their plan... Lire la suite

Georges 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... Lire la suite

Georges Feydeau, master of farce, displays all his tricks of the trade in this witty, seamless and acutely funny translation. An Absolute Turkey was a West End hit following its London premiere at the Globe Theatre in 1993. “Sharp, natty, decorously... Lire la suite