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Je Ne Trompe Pas Mon Mari
''Je ne trompe pas mon mari!'' (I don't cheat on my husband!) is a three-act farce by Georges Feydeau and René Peter. It was Feydeau's last full-length play. Opening in Paris in 1914, it ran for 200 performances. The plot revolves round the love life of a well-known painter, with the other characters in various permutations around him. Background and first production By 1914 Feydeau had written, on his own or in collaboration with other playwrights, more than twenty full-length plays, mostly farces (for which he used the alternative French term "vaudevilles"). Several had enjoyed unusually long runs on the Paris stage. What is now one of his most popular plays, ''A Flea in Her Ear, La Puce à l'oreille'' (A Flea in Her Ear), had closed prematurely after 86 performances in 1907, following the sudden death of one of its stars, but its successor, ''Occupe-toi d'Amélie!'' (Look After Amélie), ran for 288 performances the following year – considered an excellent run at the time. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Je Ne Trompe Pas Mon Mari
''Je ne trompe pas mon mari!'' (I don't cheat on my husband!) is a three-act farce by Georges Feydeau and René Peter. It was Feydeau's last full-length play. Opening in Paris in 1914, it ran for 200 performances. The plot revolves round the love life of a well-known painter, with the other characters in various permutations around him. Background and first production By 1914 Feydeau had written, on his own or in collaboration with other playwrights, more than twenty full-length plays, mostly farces (for which he used the alternative French term "vaudevilles"). Several had enjoyed unusually long runs on the Paris stage. What is now one of his most popular plays, ''A Flea in Her Ear, La Puce à l'oreille'' (A Flea in Her Ear), had closed prematurely after 86 performances in 1907, following the sudden death of one of its stars, but its successor, ''Occupe-toi d'Amélie!'' (Look After Amélie), ran for 288 performances the following year – considered an excellent run at the time. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |