The Free Exchange Hotel
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The Free Exchange Hotel is a classic French farce by playwright Georges Feydeau, renowned for its rapid-fire misunderstandings, intricate plotting, and satirical take on bourgeois morality.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French farce
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farce ⓘ play ⓘ stage work ⓘ |
| author | Georges Feydeau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| dramaticStyle |
physical comedy
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situational comedy ⓘ verbal wit ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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farce ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
bourgeois husbands
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hotel staff ⓘ unfaithful spouses ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
classic of French farce
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renowned for intricate plotting ⓘ renowned for rapid-fire misunderstandings ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | adult audience ⓘ |
| intendedMedium | theatre ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | French boulevard theatre ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice |
coincidence
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hidden identities ⓘ miscommunication ⓘ |
| narrativeFeature |
door-slamming entrances and exits
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intricate plotting ⓘ mistaken identities ⓘ rapid-fire misunderstandings ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| setting |
hotel
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urban environment ⓘ |
| structure | multi-act play ⓘ |
| theme |
bourgeois morality
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marital infidelity ⓘ sexual hypocrisy ⓘ social satire ⓘ |
| tone |
fast-paced
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satirical ⓘ |
| workOf | Georges Feydeau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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