{"product_id":"feydeau-plays-one-hearts-desire-hotel-sauce-for-the-goose-the-one-that-got-away-now-you-see-it-pig-in-a-poke-1-hearts-desire-hotel-sauce-that-got-away-now-you-see-it-pig-in-a-poke-9780413761705","title":"Feydeau Plays One Hearts Desire Hotel Sauce for the Goose The One That Got Away Now You See it Pig in a Poke 1 Hearts Desire Hotel Sauce  That Got Away Now You See It Pig in a Poke","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorges Feydeau (1862-1921), now widely regarded as one of the greatest farce writers, had a succession of hits in turn-of-the-century Paris. This first volume of his collected works includes early successes such as \"Pig in a Poke\" (1888) and more mature pieces such as \"Heart's Desire Hotel\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[A] blissfully funny revival ... nicely renamed in peter Meyer's canny translation to indicate how this is also a story of female revenge against the double standard ... hilarious ... a treat -- Paul Taylor * Independent *\u003cbr\u003eA puckish version by the late Peter Meyer ... this is a farce ... that squares the circle: the action moves like a well-oiled machine while the characters remain thoroughly and hearteningly human -- Ian Shuttleworth * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003ePlenty of lubricious fun to be had ...  the joy ... of Peter Meyer's translation ...  lies in seeing recognisable human beings driven to a state of exhausted  desperation. -- Michael Billington * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eGloriously funny -- Sam Marlowe * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eThis gloriously giddy revival of the classic Feydeau farce has real heart ... a dazzlingly complicated plot, that fits together like a spinning Rubik's Cube ... wry asides in Peter Meyer's translation clarify characters' marriages and motivations ... a triumph. -- Laura Silverman * Arts Desk *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHeart's Desire Hotel; Sauce for the Goose; The One That Got Away; Now You See it; Pig in a Poke","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767506600279,"sku":"9780413761705","price":28.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/feydeau-plays-one-hearts-desire-hotel-sauce-for-the-goose-the-one-that-got-away-now-you-see-it-pig-in-a-poke-1-hearts-desire-hotel-sauce-that-got-away-now-you-see-it-pig-in-a-poke-9780413761705","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}