Sauce for the Goose
From: Wednesday, 19th December 2012
To: Saturday, 2 February 2013
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Synopsis
Confusion reigns in the disreputable Hotel Ultimus as a gaggle of philandering Parisians struggle to conceal their indiscretions from their spouses. Untrustworthy husbands, betrayed wives, artful servants and crazed Germans demonstrate why the "naughty nineties" were so named, as master French farceur Feydeau's sparkling play switches from riotous farce to barbed social satire.
Our Review:
Michael Coveney - 2 January 2013
Beth Cordingly (Lucienne) & Damien Matthews (Redillon)
Farce in the round should be impossible, but Sam Walters' skilful and carefully paced production of one of Georges Feydeau's greatest mix-ups proves the opposite: a seasonal treat of invisible door slams, thwarted adultery, alarm bells and hilariously misdirected passion.
Peter Meyer's 40-year-old translation of Le Dindon (ie, “The Turkey,” but really meaning “the dupe,” or “fall guy”) scrubs up very well as the lawyer Vatelin (Stuart Fox) finds his best friend Pontagnac (David Antrobus), “le dindon,” chasing his own highly desirable wife Lucienne (Beth Cordingly).
Lucienne staves him off by saying she’ll only succumb if her husband is caught with his trousers down, so to speak; and,...
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