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Title: La tête de Martin: Comédie en un acte
Note: Reading ease score: 79.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Credits:
Produced by Renald Levesque, the Online Distributed Proofreading
Team, and BNQ (Bibliothèque nationale du Québec)
Summary: "La tête de Martin: Comédie en un acte" by E. Grangé, Decourcelle, and Th. Barrière is a comedic play written in the early 20th century. This one-act comedy revolves around the humorous and convoluted situations involving several characters sharing the same surname, Martin, highlighting themes of confusion and mistaken identities. The setting unfolds in a hotel, where various interactions lead to comedic misunderstandings and conflicts among guests. The plot primarily centers on Durand, who is in search of his relative, Isidore Martin, in order to claim a life annuity that has been confusingly constituted on Martin's life. As Durand and his nephew Venceslas attempt to track down Martin, they encounter a series of comedic situations, including misunderstandings about other Martins staying at the hotel and miscommunications that lead to a planned duel over a slight. Throughout the play, the misunderstandings are revealed to stem from familial ties and a desire to secure future happiness, ultimately producing a mix of humor and resolution by the end of the act as Durand learns he can transfer the financial responsibility and avoid further complications. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Grangé, Eugène, 1810-1887
Author: Barrière, Théodore, 1825-1877
Author: Decourcelle, Adrien, 1824-1892
EBook No.: 12603
Published: Jun 1, 2004
Downloads: 67
Language: French
Subject: French drama (Comedy)
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: La tête de Martin: Comédie en un acte
Note: Reading ease score: 79.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Credits:
Produced by Renald Levesque, the Online Distributed Proofreading
Team, and BNQ (Bibliothèque nationale du Québec)
Summary: "La tête de Martin: Comédie en un acte" by E. Grangé, Decourcelle, and Th. Barrière is a comedic play written in the early 20th century. This one-act comedy revolves around the humorous and convoluted situations involving several characters sharing the same surname, Martin, highlighting themes of confusion and mistaken identities. The setting unfolds in a hotel, where various interactions lead to comedic misunderstandings and conflicts among guests. The plot primarily centers on Durand, who is in search of his relative, Isidore Martin, in order to claim a life annuity that has been confusingly constituted on Martin's life. As Durand and his nephew Venceslas attempt to track down Martin, they encounter a series of comedic situations, including misunderstandings about other Martins staying at the hotel and miscommunications that lead to a planned duel over a slight. Throughout the play, the misunderstandings are revealed to stem from familial ties and a desire to secure future happiness, ultimately producing a mix of humor and resolution by the end of the act as Durand learns he can transfer the financial responsibility and avoid further complications. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Grangé, Eugène, 1810-1887
Author: Barrière, Théodore, 1825-1877
Author: Decourcelle, Adrien, 1824-1892
EBook No.: 12603
Published: Jun 1, 2004
Downloads: 67
Language: French
Subject: French drama (Comedy)
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.