Feydeau

British  

/ fɛdo /

noun

1. Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1862–1921, French dramatist, noted for his farces, esp La Dame de chez Maxim (1899) and Occupe-toi d'Amélie (1908)

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Example Sentences

According to Bertrand de Feydeau, vice-president of French preservation group Fondation du Patrimoine, France no longer has giant oak trees of the same size and maturity that were used to build the original structure.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2019

At the Milwaukee Rep, I did a play called “Cat Among the Pigeons,” which is a Feydeau farce, and I played the ingénue in that, or the soubrette.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 15, 2019

If one had to dramatise Von Trier’s recent history at the Cannes film festival, it could play as a series of entrances and exits, like a Feydeau farce without the laughs.

From The Guardian • May 18, 2018

The effect is of a Feydeau farce reimagined in the American backyard of Booth Tarkington.

From New York Times • May 21, 2017

Georges Feydeau would have found therein enough matter for a three-act farce and d'Annunzio for a poetic drama which he might have dedicated to "Isadora of the beautiful feet."

From The Merry-Go-Round by Van Vechten, Carl