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

Still, there were scenes out of a Feydeau farce at Kahn’s Philadelphia offices.

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2017

There was a cab-stand only a few steps from the house, but he preferred to run to the jobmaster's stables in the Rue Feydeau.

From The Count's Millions by Gaboriau, Émile