L’Hôtel du Libre-Échange

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L’Hôtel du Libre-Échange is a classic French farce by playwright Georges Feydeau, famed for its intricate plotting, rapid-fire misunderstandings, and satirical portrayal of bourgeois infidelity.

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L’Hôtel du Libre-Échange canonical 2

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instanceOf French farce ⓘ
play ⓘ
theatrical work ⓘ
acts 3 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Free Exchange Hotel ⓘ
author Georges Feydeau ⓘ
centralLocation a disreputable hotel ⓘ
coAuthor Maurice Desvallières ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
dramaticDevice coincidences ⓘ
mistaken identities ⓘ
timing-based gags ⓘ
dramaticForm boulevard theatre ⓘ
firstPerformanceCity Paris ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1894-12-05 ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace Théâtre des Nouveautés ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
farce ⓘ
hasAdaptation film adaptations ⓘ
stage revivals worldwide ⓘ
television adaptations ⓘ
influenced 20th-century French comedy ⓘ
movement Belle Époque theatre ⓘ
narrativeFeature door-slamming situations ⓘ
intricate plotting ⓘ
rapid-fire misunderstandings ⓘ
notableCharacter Marcelle ⓘ
Paillardin ⓘ
Pinglet ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
originalTitle L’Hôtel du Libre-Échange ⓘ
partOf Georges Feydeau’s major farces ⓘ
period late 19th century ⓘ
publicationCentury 19th century ⓘ
setting Paris ⓘ
structure prose dialogue ⓘ
style fast-paced ⓘ
witty ⓘ
subjectMatter extramarital affairs ⓘ
middle-class morality ⓘ
theme bourgeois infidelity ⓘ
marital deception ⓘ
sexual hypocrisy ⓘ
social satire ⓘ

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Georges Feydeau → notableWork → L’Hôtel du Libre-Échange ⓘ
L’Hôtel du Libre-Échange → originalTitle → L’Hôtel du Libre-Échange ⓘ