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Ράφτης κυριών
Στον Ράφτη κυριών, το πιο γνωστό ίσως έργο του Φεντώ, υιοθετείται η πετυχημένη συνταγή: ερωτικές απιστίες και ζήλιες, παρεξηγήσεις και ανατροπές, απρόσμενες και ανεπιθύμητες συναντήσεις που οδηγούν σε απίθανες λύσεις, και όλα τα παραπάνω κουρδισμένα σε tempo και ένταση που σου κόβουν την ανάσα. Ο Φεντώ ακουμπάει στο είδος του vaudeville που μεσουρανεί εκείνον τον καιρό με διάθεση ανανέωσης. Κάνει χρήση της γερής φόρμας, του γρήγορου έως και αδυσώπητου ρυθμού, της φαινομενικά «ανάλαφρης» πλοκής του είδους, προκειμένου να διεισδύσει ανενόχλητος στα κακώς κείμενα της εποχής του και να στήσει με μαεστρία έναν αποκαλυπτικό καθρέφτη των ηθών της αστικής κοινωνίας του 19ου αιώνα, η οποία στο έργο του αναγνωρίζει το είδωλό της: σε αυτόν τον κόσμο, η υποκρισία είναι απολύτως δικαιολογημένη και το κυνήγι της εξωσυζυγικής περιπέτειας κοινωνικώς επιτρεπτό, με μοναδικό όμως και απαράβατο όρο η δημόσια εικόνα και τα κοινωνικά προσχήματα να παραμένουν ακλόνητα. Για να επιτευχθεί αυτό, οι ήρωες οδηγούνται σε τέτοιες καταστάσεις όπου, αν αφαιρούσε κανείς την κωμικότητα, περισσότερο τραγικές θα μπορούσαν να χαρακτηριστούν. Όμως εδώ το ίδιο το κωμικό είναι η αλήθεια, η αλήθεια που αποκαλύπτεται με τρόπο ανακουφιστικό, δηλαδή αστείο.
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96 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1886
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About the author
Georges Feydeau
260 books15 followersFils d'un romancier, il est le maître du Baudeville.Il porte ce genre mineur à la perfection avec une grande maîtrise technique .
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April 19, 2015
A lot of running around and slamming doors
16 May 2014
I must say that this was a pretty forgettable play that seemed to have been put into a collection of comedies simply for completeness. Since this particular book seemed to be running along the theme of confusion and mistaken identities, one sort of wonders if this is the case with this play, but sadly it is not. Rather it falls into a category of plays known as the bedroom (or sex) farce which, as the name implies, has a lot of sexual overtones (as well as the slamming of lots of doors) and tends to revolve around the private lives of the main characters.
I must say that this particular style of play, or comedy, really does not impress me, and when I note that Wikipedia refers to Woody Allen having created a number of similar movies, it makes a lot of sense. I must admit that since I am not a big fan of Woody Allen, and since Woody Allen made a lot of bedroom farces it says a lot about my opinion to this particular play. In fact it is very difficult to find any decent commentary on this play, which sort of suggests that the play, and the author of the same, really do not appear very high on the literary radar. Oh, the French Wikipedia does have a page on this play, but once again it is very brief and not all that indepth, which goes to further demonstrate the forgettable nature of this piece of comedy.
16 May 2014
I must say that this was a pretty forgettable play that seemed to have been put into a collection of comedies simply for completeness. Since this particular book seemed to be running along the theme of confusion and mistaken identities, one sort of wonders if this is the case with this play, but sadly it is not. Rather it falls into a category of plays known as the bedroom (or sex) farce which, as the name implies, has a lot of sexual overtones (as well as the slamming of lots of doors) and tends to revolve around the private lives of the main characters.
I must say that this particular style of play, or comedy, really does not impress me, and when I note that Wikipedia refers to Woody Allen having created a number of similar movies, it makes a lot of sense. I must admit that since I am not a big fan of Woody Allen, and since Woody Allen made a lot of bedroom farces it says a lot about my opinion to this particular play. In fact it is very difficult to find any decent commentary on this play, which sort of suggests that the play, and the author of the same, really do not appear very high on the literary radar. Oh, the French Wikipedia does have a page on this play, but once again it is very brief and not all that indepth, which goes to further demonstrate the forgettable nature of this piece of comedy.
February 7, 2022
I orginally had high hopes for this book, but eventually I found it really shallow and meaningless...
May 15, 2024
A classic comedy of errors, which was of course made into a classic by writers such as Feydeau.
Mistaken identities, secrets between lovers and spouses, a cast of entertaining characters and a fast pace make up this famous comedy.
Mistaken identities, secrets between lovers and spouses, a cast of entertaining characters and a fast pace make up this famous comedy.
December 23, 2019
Un curieux exercice de style : trois couples et une belle-mère, cela donne un grand nombre de quiproquos poussés jusqu'à l'absurde, un peu fatigants, mais drôles aussi parfois.
December 8, 2012
Near the end of the play, a character says, "Have you seen any good plays lately? (Without waiting for a reply.) Neither have I! But nowadays, don't you know..." I guess that's what they call "meta".
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