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Le Système Ribadier
''Le Système Ribadier'' (The Ribadier System) is a farce in three acts by Georges Feydeau and Maurice Hennequin, first performed in November 1892. It depicts a husband's stratagem for escaping the marital home to engage in extramarital intrigue, by hypnotising his wife. Background and premiere Earlier in 1892, Feydeau had emerged from a six-year spell in which his plays were failures or at best very modest successes. With ''Monsieur chasse!'' (Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 114 performances) and '' Champignol malgré-lui'' (Théâtre des Nouveautés, 434 performances), the latter co-written with Maurice Desvallières, he restored his reputation and fortune. To follow ''Monsieur chasse!'' at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, he collaborated with Maurice Hennequin, son of a celebrated farceur of the previous generation, on ''Le Système Ribadier'', which opened at the Palais-Royal on 30 November 1892, running for 78 performances. Original cast *Ribadier – Paul Calvin *Thommereux – Per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champignol Malgré Lui
''Champignol malgré lui'' (Champignol despite himself) is a farce in three acts, by Georges Feydeau and Maurice Desvallières. It was first performed in Paris in 1892–93, and ran for 434 performances. The play depicts the complications arising when one man is obliged by circumstances to do military service for another, while the latter, unaware, is doing military service on his own account, under the same name. Background and first production In 1886 the 24-year-old Feydeau had a great success with his first full-length play, ''Tailleur pour dames'' (Ladies' Tailor), but his next five plays had been failures or very modest successes. After a period of studying the works of the earlier comic masters of the 19th century he wrote two new plays in 1892: ''Monsieur chasse!'' (Monsieur is hunting) and ''Champignol malgré lui'' – the latter in collaboration with Maurice Desvallières. The management of the Théâtre du Palais-Royal accepted ''Monsieur chasse!'' for production, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |