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An Italian Straw Hat

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  5w, 9m

Theodore Hoffman, Lynn Hoffman, Eugene Labiche, Marc Michel

Translated by Lynn Hoffman and Theodore Hoffman

NOTICE: Please be advised, this title is from the Samuel French Vault and is made from a scan of an archived manuscript. We hope you’ll treasure this glimpse into theatre history.

An Italian Straw Hat

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    5w, 9m

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Summary
In this renowned comedy with songs in the French 19th century farcical vaudeville tradition, the hero is about to get married when an attractive lady and her irate lover pop up. The announce that his horse has compromised her by eating her rare Italian straw hat and that they will not leave the bridal chamber until Fadinard produces an identical one.
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    • Mild Adult Themes

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Theodore Hoffman

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Lynn Hoffman

Eugene Labiche

Eugene Labiche
Eugène-Marin Labiche (1815-1888) was a comic playwright who wrote many of the most popular and amusing light comedies of the 19th-century French stage. Written together with other authors, these works were presented mostly at the Palais-Royal, the home of light comedy. The be ...
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Marc Michel

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