Feydeau
Britishnoun
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According to Bertrand de Feydeau, vice-president of French preservation group Fondation du Patrimoine, France no longer has giant oak trees of the same size and maturity that were used to build the original structure.
From BBC • Oct. 5, 2019
At the Milwaukee Rep, I did a play called “Cat Among the Pigeons,” which is a Feydeau farce, and I played the ingénue in that, or the soubrette.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 15, 2019
You won’t see this many exits and entrances outside of a Feydeau farce.
From The Guardian • May 15, 2016
This week: A farce by Feydeau, a Greek tragedy reimagined, and a meditation on small-town life in America.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2015
Feydeau is distinctly another story; his plays are more successful than any others given in Paris.
From The Merry-Go-Round by Van Vechten, Carl
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