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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Predicate Object
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 ⓘ