Lucette loves Bois d'Enghien, and he loves her. It could be so simple... But Bois d'Enghien is itching for money, so he wants to marry rich. Lucette's ex-husband Cheneviette wants Lucette's money, so he can't break off his relationship with her. General Irrigua, on the other hand, has money and with it he wants to buy Lucette's affection... Georges Feydeau, master of feather-light social farces, has created a delicate structure of lies, intrigues and misunderstandings. Pointed and precisely constructed down to every false door that pops open, he celebrates the lunacy of bourgeois life. Feydeau's plays are more than mere entertainment. Created at the end of the 19th century at the transition to modernity, their madness reveals a world in which feelings have a clear price and are subject to the laws of the market. The economization of love devalues any notion of integrity and commitment, so that here the money-grubbing liar possesses the greatest erotic charisma.
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