La Dame de chez Maxim

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La Dame de chez Maxim is a classic French farce by playwright Georges Feydeau, renowned for its rapid-fire misunderstandings, risqué humor, and intricate comic plotting.

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instanceOf French play
play
theatrical farce
author Georges Feydeau NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin France
firstPerformanceDate 1899
firstPublisher Librairie Théâtrale NERFINISHED
genre comedy
farce
hasActStructure three acts
hasAdaptation La Dame de chez Maxim (1912 film) NERFINISHED
La Dame de chez Maxim (1933 film) NERFINISHED
La Dame de chez Maxim (1950 film) NERFINISHED
La Dame de chez Maxim (1959 film) NERFINISHED
hasCharacter Etienne NERFINISHED
Gabrielle Petypon NERFINISHED
General Petypon du Grêlé NERFINISHED
La Môme Crevette NERFINISHED
Madame Petypon NERFINISHED
hasMainCharacter Dr. Petypon NERFINISHED
hasPerformanceType stage play
hasReception classic of French farce
frequently revived in French theatre
hasStyle door-slamming farce
physical comedy
hasSubject music-hall culture
nightlife in Paris
upper-class society
influenced 20th-century French farce
isPartOfSeries Feydeau farces NERFINISHED
movement Belle Époque theatre NERFINISHED
notableCharacteristic fast-paced dialogue
intricate comic plotting
rapid-fire misunderstandings
risqué humor
use of mistaken identities
originalLanguage French
partOf French theatrical canon
periodOfWork Belle Époque NERFINISHED
placeOfFirstPerformance Paris NERFINISHED
setting Paris
theatreOfFirstPerformance Théâtre des Variétés NERFINISHED
theme bourgeois hypocrisy
marital infidelity
sexual mores
social satire
timePeriodOfSetting late 19th century

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Georges Feydeau notableWork La Dame de chez Maxim
Georges Feydeau notableWork La Dame de chez Maxim
this entity surface form: La Dame de chez Maxim’s
Georges Feydeau notableWork La Dame de chez Maxim
this entity surface form: La Dame de chez Maxim’s (Maxim’s Girl)