Research Catalog

Title

Labiche & co. : fourteen one-acts by a French comic master / English versions by Norman R. Shapiro.

Author

Labiche, Eugène, 1815-1888

Publication

New York, NY : Performing Books : distributed by the Hal Leonard^^Publishing Group and Applause Theatre Books, 2010.

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Details

Additional Authors

Shapiro, Norman R.

Description

xi, 488 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

Fourteen comic plays of Eugene Marin Labiche, one of the world's most prolific comic playwrights, translated by Norman Shapiro. Among the plays included are Bosom Friends, The Brat, A Bee or Not a Bee, It's All Relative, The Unshakable Suitor, A Nest-Egg Well Scrambled, and A Slap in the Farce.

Alternative Title

Labiche and company : fourteen one-acts by a French comic master

Subject

• Labiche, Eugène, 1815-1888 > Translations into English
• 1800-1899
• French drama (Comedy) > 19th century > Translations into English
• French farces > 19th century > Translations into English

Genre/Form

Translations

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Bosom friends, or, Tit for tat (L'homme de paille, 1843) / Eugène Labiche & Auguste Lefranc -- Mam'selle Frisette ( Frisette, 1846) / Eugène Labiche & Auguste Lefranc -- The well-wooed wench, or, Beau's jests (Les prétendus de Gimblette, 1850) / "Dandré & Senneif" -- The brat (Une fille bien gardé, 1850) / Eugène Labiche & Marc-Michel -- It's all relative (Les suites d'un premier lit, 1852) / Eugène Labiche & Marc-Michel -- Edouard and the chambermaid, or, Hey-diddle-diddle (Edgard et sa bonne, 1852) / Eugène Labiche & Marc-Michel -- Temper, temper!, or, A bee or not to bee (Un monsieur qui prend la mouche, 1852) / Eugène Labiche & Marc-Michel -- Pater omnipotents, or, A suitor unsuited (Mon Isménie!, 1852) / Eugène Labiche & Marc-Michel -- The unshakable suitor, or, The matter at hand (Un ami acharné, 1853) / Eugène Labiche & Alphonse Jolly -- Barbara of Seville (La perle de la Canebière, 1855 / Eugène Labiche & Marc-Michel -- Smotherly love: a passion play (Le premier pas, 1862) / Eugène Labiche &Alfred Delacour -- A nest egg well scrambled (Les 37 sous de M. Montaudon, 1862) / Eugène Labiche & Edouard Martin -- A slap in the farce (La amin leste, 1867) / Eugène Labiche & Edouard Martin -- A matter of wife and death (La lettre chargée, 1877) / Eugène Labiche -- Afterword: Finding the funny-- on directing farce / by Michael Clark Haney.

ISBN

• 9781557837578
• 1557837570

OCLC

• 316833263
• SCSB-11487102

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library