
An Italian Straw Hat
Eugene Labiche(Author)
Nick Hern Books (Publisher)
Published on 14. March 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
127 pages
978-1-85459-300-9 (ISBN)
Description
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A classic 19th-century French farce by Eugene Labiche.
Fadinard is on the way to his wedding when his horse eats a straw hat hanging on a bush. The owner of the hat is a former girlfriend who insists that Fadinard buys her a new hat instantly. He sets off to find a replacement hat, followed by his fiancee and all their guests. The play develops into a delirious chase as Fadinard hunts the hat and the guests hunt Fadinard and comic misunderstandings litter every scene.
Eugene Labiche's play An Italian Straw Hat was premiered at the Theatre du Palais-Royal in Paris in 1851.
This English version, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series, is translated and introduced by Kenneth McLeish.
A classic 19th-century French farce by Eugene Labiche.
Fadinard is on the way to his wedding when his horse eats a straw hat hanging on a bush. The owner of the hat is a former girlfriend who insists that Fadinard buys her a new hat instantly. He sets off to find a replacement hat, followed by his fiancee and all their guests. The play develops into a delirious chase as Fadinard hunts the hat and the guests hunt Fadinard and comic misunderstandings litter every scene.
Eugene Labiche's play An Italian Straw Hat was premiered at the Theatre du Palais-Royal in Paris in 1851.
This English version, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series, is translated and introduced by Kenneth McLeish.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 158 mm
Width: 105 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
114 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85459-300-9 (9781854593009)
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12/1999
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Kenneth McLeish was the most widely respected and prolific translator of drama in Britain and, until his early death in 1997, edited the NHB Drama Classics series.