Georges Feydeau – M. Desvallières

The Lovers of Loches


Main stage

Gévaudan
Áron Dimény
 
Saint-Galmier
Zsolt Bogdán
 
Alfred
András Buzási
 
Séraphin
Loránd Farkas
 
Plucheux
Attila Orbán
 
Michette
Csilla Varga
 
Laure
Csilla Albert
 
Rachel
Kati Panek
 
Léonie
Melinda Kántor
 
A black woman
Csaba Marosán
 
A valet
Zsolt Vatány
 
A servant
Alpár Fogarasi

directed by
Alexandru Dabija
 
set and costume design
Dragoș Buhagiar
 
dramaturg
András Visky
 
director's assistant
István Albu
 
stage manager
Dragoș Buhagiar

Date of the opening: October 04, 2014

The main characters of Feydeau’s farce are the Gévaudan siblings from the village of Loches who arrive in Paris with ambitious marriage plans. Not knowing the customs and circumstances of the capital, it almost becomes the rule that they get into more and more embarrassing situations. Misunderstandings caused by mistaking the employment office for a matrimonial agency and differences such as capital vs. countryside, lord vs. servant, etc., cause seemingly inextricable conflicts. Saint-Galmier, the woman-chasing and fortune-hunting doctor, prescribes forced hydrotherapy for the unfortunate brothers, so that they take their leave of the capital with outright indignation.
 
The story, constructed on the farcical situations required by its genre, promises serious amusement until every mix-up is sorted out.