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Winner Takes All

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  3w, 10m

Georges Feydeau, Reggie Oliver

Winner Takes All
by Reggie Oliver
Adapted from La Main Passe! By Georges Feydeau

Paris. Madame Chanal is having an affair with Massenay, who is also married. Complications arise when a moment of passion between the lovers is accidentally recorded on to a phonograph. In true Feydeau style, this leads to a frenzied domino effect of…

Winner Takes All

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 10m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Farce, Period
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior

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Summary
Paris. Madame Chanal is having an affair with Massenay, who is also married. Complications arise when a moment of passion between the lovers is accidentally recorded on to a phonograph. In true Feydeau style, this leads to a frenzied domino effect of mistaken identities, lots of door-banging, hysterical drop-your-trousers scenes, and agonizingly mis-timed meetings, with a whole host of charmingly foolish characters.
Cast Attributes
M10 (range of ages) F3 (range of ages).
  • Time Period 1900-1910
  • Setting 2 salons, an apartment
  • Cautions
    • Nudity/Partial Nudity

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Authors

Georges Feydeau

Georges Feydeau
Georges Feydeau (1862-1921) was born in France to a well-known Parisian writer. He was influenced from a young age by prominent farcical authors such as Eugène Labiche and Henri Meilhac. His first significant international success, The Lady from Maxim's (La Dame de chez Maxim ...
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Reggie Oliver

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