Court in the Act!
Maurice Hennequin
Opera Comique
by Nagle Jackson
Synopsis
THE STORY: The place is the Opera Comique, in Paris, in 1875, at the first performance of Bizet's new opera, Carmen .
All the best people are there but, as the cynical, worldly-wise usher, Odile, points out, they have not come to hear the m
Press Reviews
"Echoing the breakneck pace, mistaken identities, tangled, relationships and ribald double entendres of its classic French antecedents, this delightful farce uses an actual event, the first performance of Bizet's CARMEN, as a take-off point for its hilarious exploration of the outrageous behavior of the “better classes.” ”…ribs sex, composer's angst, audience expectations and artistic hypocrisy.“ —Variety. ”…funny without being mindless.“ —Baltimore Sun. ”OPERA COMIQUE was written by a man who evidently takes enormous pleasure in the gentle undulations of language rolling off well-trained tongues."
— San Francisco Examiner
Publication
Publisher Dramatists Play Service
Year 1998
Binding Paperback
Pages 72
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822208617
ISBN-10 082220861X
Opera Comique is a American comedy play written by Nagle Jackson and published by Dramatists Play Service (1998).
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