La Dame de chez Maxim (play)
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La Dame de chez Maxim is a three-act farce by Georges Feydeau, first produced in Paris in 1899. It depicts the complications ensuing when a respectable citizen becomes mixed up with a Moulin Rouge dan
Georgette Delmarès as la Môme Crevette, Bouffes-Parisiens, 1910
Champignol malgré lui
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Champignol malgré lui 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.
La Dame de chez Maxim (play)
…countries as French farce. At a time when a run of 100 performances was regarded in Parisian theatres as a success, Feydeau had enjoyed runs of 434 for Champignol malgré lui (1892) and 371 for L'Hôtel du libre échange (1894), both written in collaboration with Maurice Desvallières, and 282 for Le Dindon (1896). The leading…
Act I: St Florimond, mistaken for Champignol, is arrested