Occupe-toi d'Amélie!
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Occupe-toi d'Amélie is a three-act farce by Georges Feydeau. It was first produced at the Théâtre des Nouveautés, Paris on 15 March 1908, and ran for 288 performances. After the author's death it was
Occupe-toi d'Amélie!, 1908
Armande Cassive as Amélie, 1908
Look After Lulu!
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Look After Lulu! is a farce by Noël Coward, based on Occupe-toi d'Amélie! by Georges Feydeau. It is set in Paris in 1908. The central character is an attractive cocotte, Lulu, whose lover is called aw
Occupe-toi d'Amélie!
…After the author's death it was neglected until the 1940s, after which it has been frequently revived. The play was adapted into English in 1958 as Look After Lulu!. Feydeau had been established as Paris's leading writer of farces – which he referred to as "vaudevilles" – since the early 1890s. In 1907 the play he…
Playbill: original production, 1959
Vivien Leigh, George Devine and Anthony Quayle in the 1959 London production