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Chemin De Fer

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  4w, 10m

Georges Feydeau, Suzanne Grossman, Paxton Whitehead

Georges Feydeau
adapted by Suzanne Grossmann and Paxton Whitehead.

Chemin de Fer refers to a game of chance in which the roles of dealer and other players are ever changing. Feydeau’s plot opens on a married couple, Francine and Chanal. But when Francine’s lover, Hubertin, comes to rent a suite in the house, he turns out to be an old classmate of Chanal himself. La…

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4w, 10m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Farce

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Summary
Chemin de Fer refers to a game of chance in which the roles of dealer and other players are ever changing. Feydeau’s plot opens on a married couple, Francine and Chanal. But when Francine’s lover, Hubertin, comes to rent a suite in the house, he turns out to be an old classmate of Chanal himself. Later, when Chanal catches his wife and ex-classmate in the act, the result is Chemin de Fer: a husband passes his wife to her lover who in turn marries her. But then Hubertin, the lover-now-husband, finds himself cuckolded by Francine and the game goes on. Love is chancy, love is luck, love is Chemin de Fer enlivened by Feydeau touches of comical mix ups, lunacy, and laughter.

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Authors

Georges Feydeau

Georges Feydeau (1862-1921) was born in France to a well-known Parisian writer. He was influenced from a young age by prominent farcical authors such as Eugène Labiche and Henri Meilhac. His first significant international success, The Lady from Maxim's (La Dame de chez Maxim ...
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Suzanne Grossman

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Paxton Whitehead

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