Synopsis
A Flea in Her Ear
$13
Georges Feydeau adapted Frank Galati
Published by Dramatists Play Service
9 Male 5 Female
All happening at breakneck speed
In this case things begin to go awry when Victor Deboshe, a middle-class insurance salesman, becomes impotent, leading his wife, Yvonne, to assume that he has taken a mistress
To test his fidelity she has her friend Lucille write an anonymous letter to Victor, claiming to be infatuated with him and proposing a rendezvous at the notorious Hotel Pussy a Go-Go
Thinking a mistake has been made, Victor persuades his friend Maurice (a famous womanizer) to keep the appointment for him, after which the complications begin to multiply uproariously
Eventually, as must be, things are somehow untangled and set right, but not before the action has expanded to include a violently jealous husband (a hot-blooded Spaniard), a suicidal leap from a window and a nephew with an unfortunate (but hilarious) speech defect
Along with a furious Indian fakir and a lascivious butler, all tumbled together into a riotous medley of slamming doors, revolving beds and wildly amiss gun shots - all of which will leave audiences happily breathless from laughter
An up-to-date and explosively funny version of Feydeau's classic farce, which retains the antic, pell-mell humor of the original while making the people and the action of the play pertinent to our own times
First produced by Chicago's Goodman Theatre, the play has become an established favorite among the nation's leading regional professional theatres
REVIEWS
" completely invigorating, stylistically polished and robustly buoyant compelled the audience to roar in laughter until tears rolled down many cheeks" ~ Chicago Defender
" brilliantly transported to the mid-1960s by Frank Galati " ~ Chicago Daily Herald
"Absolutely hysterical" ~ WXRT-FM Radio