Take Your Medicine Like a Man

Take Your Medicine Like a Man

Take Your Medicine Like a Man

Georges Feydeau, Peter Meyer

Take Your Medicine Like a Man

Take Your Medicine Like a Man

Georges Feydeau, Peter Meyer

Overview

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.

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Details

  • Genre: Farce, Period
  • Time Period: 1900-1910
  • Target Audience: Adult

Authors

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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Author

Peter Meyer