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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.
Marivaux's cruel, erotic, and elegant masterpiece. New translation from Neil Bartlett. La Dispute is a prose comedy written by Pierre de Marivaux, shown for the first time on 19 October 1744 by the Theatre-Italien in the Hotel de Bourgogne.
Stories of army service in the Sudan, touring in Italy, America and Australia, washing-up in a Park Lane hotel, staying married to the same girl for 50 years and raising three children, are all part of these rich but light-hearted reminiscences.
"The Liar" is a hilarious comedy of the impossible situations which arise when a compulsive and incorrigible liar falls in love. "The Illusion" is a fascinating play within a play within a play with a strong mystical element. "Le Cid, " his most famous play, is a tragicomedy that caused a furious controversy between Corneille and his fellow-writers
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