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Georges Feydeau wrote numerous full-length and one-act plays and monologues. His success was founded on carefully plotted comedy, combining ingeniously created characters and elements of vaudeville. Describing himself as a writer of vaudeville, he is now considered one of the best writers of French farce. Includes: A Close Shave, Fitting for Ladies, and Sauce for the Goose.

This is a collection of four one-act plays, by one of France's leading writers. Translated here by Peter Meyere, these translations were originally commissioned for BBC Radio and are here adapted for stage.

Georges Feydeau, master of farce, displays all his tricks of the trade in this witty, seamless and acutely funny translation. An Absolute Turkey was a West End hit following its London premiere at the Globe Theatre in 1993.

Farce / 5m, 4f, extras / Unit set

A normally sober doctor awakens to find that he brought two things home from Maxim's last night: a hangover and a lady of the evening. His wife is diverted from discovering the tart by one of her famous visitations from a popular saint. The doctor's uncle returns after a long army tour in Africa and promptly mistakes the lady from Maxim's for his nephew's wife. Uncle's immediate business is marrying off a niece to a young soldier who turns out to be the true lover of the lady from Maxim's. Everybody is invited to the ceremony at the uncle's chateau where...

A fresh adaptation of the French classic comedy.

Featuring illustrations by Cocteau himself, this title was first published in hardback and is now released in a paperback edition.