Feydeau, Georges-Léon-Jules-Marie
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Feydeau, Georges-Léon-Jules-Marie (1862–1921), French dramatist, son of the novelist Ernest-Aimé Feydeau, and author of more than 60 farcical comedies. He had his first success with
Tailleur pour dames (1887) and continued writing until his death, his last play,
Cent million qui tombent, being produced posthumously. Among his more notable plays were
Le Système Ribadier (1892),
Le Dindon (1896),
La Dame de Chez Maxim (1899), and some one-act farces, including
Feu la mère de Madame (
My Late Mother-in-Law, 1908);
On purge bébé (
Time for Baby's Medicine, 1910);
Mais n'te promène pas toute nue! (
For God's Sake,
Get Dressed!, 1912); and
Hortense a dit: J'm'en fous! (
Hortense Couldn't Care Less, 1916). Feydeau was an outstanding writer of classic farce, whose reputation has been consolidated by productions of his plays at the
Comédie-Française and elsewhere. Several of his masterpieces have been seen in London in translation, among them
L'Hôtel du Libre Échange (1899) as
Hotel Paradiso (1956), starring Alec
Guinness;
Occupe-toi d'Amélie (1908) as
Look after Lulu (1959) by Noël
Coward, with Anthony
Quayle and Vivien
Leigh;
Une puce à l'oreille (1907) as
A Flea in Her Ear (1965),
Un fil à la patte (1908) as
Cat among the Pigeons (1969), and
The Lady from Maxim's (1977), all adapted by John
Mortimer.
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