13 Rue de l'Amour

This hilarious frolic launched Feydeau in Paris as the Neil Simon of his day. Take one philandering husband; add his virtuous but vengeful wife, a spiteful doctor, a jealous friend and a naive nephew; toss them together at 13 Rue de l'Amour, the workplace of a love-starved German countess and a perky French maid; season with a befuddled police inspector and stir.

Georges Feydeau's three-act comedy, originally titled Monsieur chasse! (Monsieur is Hunting!), premiered at the Palais-Royal in Paris in 1892. This English translation, retitled 13 Rue de l'Amour, premiered on Broadway at Circle in the Square Theatre on March 16, 1978. Directed by Basil Langton, the production featured Patricia Elliott, Bernard Fox, Kathleen Freeman, Louis Jourdan, Laurie Main, Richard Pilcher, Jill P. Rose and Ian Trigger.