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Take Your Medicine Like a Man

Short Play, Comedy  /  3w, 3m, 1boy(s)

Georges Feydeau, Peter Meyer

Take Your Medicine Like a Man
by Georges Feydeau, translated by Peter Meyer from On Purge Bí©bí©

Follavoine, attempting to impress his guests with his unbreakable chamber pots, contends with his wife, Julie, who is panicking because their son, Toto, has constipation and won't take his medicine. Julie insults the guests, Follavoine is challenged …

Take Your Medicine Like a Man

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 3m, 1boy(s)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Farce, Period
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary
Follavoine, attempting to impress his guests with his unbreakable chamber pots, contends with his wife, Julie, who is panicking because their son, Toto, has constipation and won't take his medicine. Julie insults the guests, Follavoine is challenged to two duels and Toto cunningly avoids taking his laxative. Contained in the volume From Marriage to Divorce: Four One-Act Plays.
Keywords
M3 (30s, any age) F3 (30s, any age,1 boy.)
  • Time Period 1900-1910
  • Setting A study.
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

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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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Peter Meyer

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